1173 births

Prince of Gwynedd from 1199 to 1240

was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.

Duke of Bavaria

Indian Sufi

Grand Prince of Kyiv (1173-1218)

German nobleman

French nobleman

French noble

Hanbali Islamic scholar (1173–1245)

Icelandic chieftain and poet

Vietnamese emperor

thumb|Statue of Avalokitesvara|Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in [[Sanjusangen-dō (National Treasure of Japan)]] Tankei (湛慶 1173 – June 13, 1256) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.

(February 21, 1173 – February 11, 1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben (, Chinese: 高辨, Gāo Biàn). He was a contemporary of Jōkei and Hōnen.

Empress consort of Japan

(1173-1226)