← 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
Saint Roch10 decades - 2
Pope Gregory XI22 decades - 3
Pope Clement VI18 decades - 4
Pope Urban V22 decades - 5
Pope Benedict XII2 decades - 6
Pope Innocent VI4 decades - 7
Humbert II of Viennois0 decades - 8
Bertrand du Pouget6 decades - 9
Philippe of Alençon10 decades - 10
Angel Grimoardnot measured- - 11
Raymond de Canillac0 decades - 12
Jean de Murat de Cros3 decades - 13
Philippe de Cabassole0 decades - 14Jean de La Rochetaillée0 decades
- 15
Gaillard de la Motte0 decades - 16
Nicolas de Besse0 decades - 17
Simon of Cramaud0 decades - 18
Gui de Maillesec0 decades - 19
Pierre de Murat de Crosnot measured- - 20Lewis de Beaumont0 decades
- 21
Pierre Girard0 decades - 22
Guillaume Courtnot measured- - 23
Hélias de Saint-Yrieixnot measured- - 24
Bertrand Lagiernot measured-
- 25
Imbert du Puy0 decades - 26
Bernard du Bosquet0 decades - 27
Guillaume de la Sudrie1 decades - 28
Guillaume Arrufatnot measured- - 29Henri, Dauphin of Viennois3 decades
- 30
Pierre de Monterucnot measured- - 31Gérard du Puy0 decades
- 32
Arnaud de Faugères0 decades - 33Pierre de Thury2 decades
- 34Robert de Pontigny0 decades
- 35
Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille le Jeune3 decades - 36
Arnaud de Villemur1 decades - 37
Hugues de Saint-Martial0 decades - 38Pierre de La Chapelle-Taillefertnot measured-
- 39
Renoul de Monteruc0 decades - 40Guillaume Bragossenot measured-
- 41Simon de Langresnot measured-
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.