← 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
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 2
Louis V, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 3
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 4
Margaret of Brabant0 decades - 5Albert II, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 6
Elisabeth of Nurembergnot measured- - 7
Joanna of Bavaria0 decades - 8
Eberhard III, Count of Württembergnot measured- - 9John II, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 10
Louis II, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 11
John II, Burgrave of Nurembergnot measured- - 12
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 13
Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania1 decades - 14
Eberhard I, Count of Württembergnot measured- - 15Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 16
William Inot measured- - 17Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured-
- 18
Elisabeth of Meissen0 decades
- 19John II of Oldenburgnot measured-
- 20John I, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 21
William I of Guelders and Jülichnot measured- - 22
Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol11 decades - 23Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 24Otto VI or IV, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 25
Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelnot 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.