← 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 IV of France5 decades - 2
Charles V of France1 decades - 3
Philip VI of France0 decades - 4
John II of France0 decades - 5
Louis X of France0 decades - 6
Charles IV of France0 decades - 7
Isabella of France11 decades - 8
Christine de Pizan7 decades - 9
Philip V of France0 decades - 10
Nicolas Flamel22 decades - 11
Jacques de Molay22 decades - 12
Saint Roch10 decades - 13
Pope Gregory XI22 decades - 14
John I of France22 decades - 15
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor22 decades - 16
Philip the Bold0 decades - 17
Philippa of Hainault12 decades - 18
Joan I of Navarre0 decades - 19
Guillaume de Machaut19 decades - 20
Pope Clement VI18 decades - 21
Pope Urban V22 decades - 22
Charles II of Navarre1 decades - 23
Charles, Count of Valoisnot measured- - 24
Martin of Aragon1 decades - 25
Pope Benedict XII2 decades - 26
Jean Froissart22 decades - 27
Clement VII22 decades - 28
Margaret of Francenot measured- - 29
Bertrand du Guesclin16 decades - 30
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon0 decades - 31
Joanna of Bourbon22 decades - 32
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwallnot measured- - 33
Clementia of Hungary22 decades - 34
John, Duke of Berry20 decades - 35
Pope Innocent VI4 decades - 36
Étienne Marcel20 decades - 37
Jean Buridan0 decades - 38
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy0 decades - 39
Louis Inot measured- - 40
Bonne of Luxembourg20 decades - 41
James Inot measured- - 42
Peter I0 decades - 43
William I, Count of Hainaut0 decades - 44
Charles, Duke of Brittanynot measured- - 45
Joan I, Countess of Auvergnenot measured- - 46
Jeanne de Clisson10 decades - 47
John III, Duke of Brittanynot measured- - 48
Catherine of Courtenay14 decades - 49
Marie of Luxembourgnot measured- - 50
Jean de Béthencourt0 decades - 51
Joan III, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 52
Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainautnot measured- - 53
Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnesnot measured- - 54
Blanche of Valois0 decades - 55Eustache Deschamps22 decades
- 56
Margaret I, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 57
Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon20 decades - 58
Charles II of Lorrainenot measured- - 59
Joan, Duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 60
Olivier de Clisson0 decades - 61
Walter VI, Count of Brienne0 decades - 62
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine0 decades - 63
Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy0 decades - 64
John I, Duke of Lorraine0 decades - 65
Charles II, Count of Alençon0 decades - 66
Pierre d'Ailly13 decades - 67
Guillaume Cale20 decades - 68
Blanche of France, Duchess of Austrianot measured- - 69
Philip of Burgundy22 decades - 70
Guillaume Tirel4 decades - 71
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine0 decades - 72
Philip I, Prince of Tarantonot measured- - 73
Charles de La Cerda0 decades - 74
Isabella of Burgundy1 decades - 75
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu0 decades - 76
Humbert II of Viennois0 decades - 77
Matthias of Arras2 decades - 78
Mary of Avesnes2 decades - 79
Mahaut of Châtillon0 decades - 80
Walter V, Count of Brienne0 decades - 81
John of Artois, Count of Eu9 decades - 82
André de Longjumeau8 decades - 83
Marie of Valois, Duchess of Barnot measured- - 84
Robert I, Duke of Barnot measured- - 85
Perenelle Flamelnot measured- - 86Kalonymus ben Kalonymusnot measured-
- 87
Baude Cordier0 decades - 88
Gaston II, Count of Foixnot measured- - 89Charles III, Count of Alençonnot measured-
- 90
Dieudonné de Gozon5 decades - 91Matthew, Count of Foixnot measured-
- 92
Charles d'Évreux0 decades - 93
Jean Pucelle11 decades - 94
Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria9 decades - 95
Isabella, Countess of Foixnot measured- - 96
Henry IV, Count of Bar0 decades - 97
Robert, Count of Burgundy10 decades - 98Agnès de Navarre4 decades
- 99
John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond21 decades - 100Joan of Valois, Countess of Beaumontnot 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.