← Fame through time1300-1399
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Philip the Bold0 decades - 2
Charles, Count of Valoisnot measured- - 3
Clement VII22 decades - 4
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwallnot measured- - 5
Étienne Marcel20 decades - 6
William I, Count of Hainaut0 decades - 7
Joan I, Countess of Auvergnenot measured- - 8
Catherine of Courtenay14 decades - 9
Joan III, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 10
Margaret I, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 11
Joan, Duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 12
Charles de La Cerda0 decades - 13
John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond21 decades - 14
John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir22 decades - 15
Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret0 decades - 16
Guy of Boulogne5 decades - 17
Hélion de Villeneuve0 decades - 18
Pierre de Corneillan0 decades - 19
Jeanne of Hainaultnot measured- - 20
Régnier Pot3 decades
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.