1300–1399
The 14th century
Whose working lives fell in the 14th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 14th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Charles V of France1338–1380 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures1 decades - 2
Philip VI of France1293–1350 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 3
John II of France1319–1364 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 4
Charles IV of France1294–1328 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 5
Isabella of France1295–1358 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures11 decades - 6
Jacques de Molaydied 1314 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 7
John I of France1316–1316 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 8
Philippa of Hainault1310–1369 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures12 decades - 9
Bertrand du Guesclin1320–1380 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures16 decades - 10
Louis I1339–1384 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 11
Joanna of Bourbon1338–1378 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 12
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon1279–1341 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 13
Margaret of France1282–1318 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 14
Charles, Duke of Brittany1319–1364 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 15
Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes1267–1314 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 16
Philip I, Prince of Taranto1278–1331 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 17
Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria1278–1305 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures21 decades - 18
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Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar1344–1404 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 19
Mary of Avesnes1280–1354 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures2 decades - 20MCMatthew, Count of Foix1363–1398 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Gaston I, Count of Foix1287–1315 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 22
Gaston II, Count of Foix1305–1343 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 23
André de Longjumeau1300–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures8 decades - 24
Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny1355–1415 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 25
Guigues VIII of Viennois1309–1333 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 26WIWilliam I, Marquis of Namur1324–1391 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Archambaud1330–1412 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures4 decades - 28BDBeatrice d'Avesnes1268–1321 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 29JIJohn II, Count of Dreux1265–1309 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 30WIWilliam II, Marquis of Namur1355–1418 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Jeanne van Bar1295–1361 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures12 decades - 32
Cecilia of Comminges1320–1384 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 33
Simon of St Quentin1300–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures4 decades - 34
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Raimond de Turenne1352–1413 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures2 decades - 35
Guillaume II Roger1290–1380 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.