← 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- - 26
Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured- - 27Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern15 decades
- 28John, Landgrave of Lower Hessenot measured-
- 29
Engelbert II of the Mark0 decades - 30
John of Cleves11 decades - 31Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured-
- 32
Konrad III the Oldnot measured- - 33Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern0 decades
- 34
Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania0 decades - 35Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen8 decades
- 36Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured-
- 37
Swantibor I, Duke of Pomerania0 decades - 38Loretta of Salm0 decades
- 39Bernard V, Lord of Lippe0 decades
- 40John III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured-
- 41John II of Saarbrücken0 decades
- 42Ulrich IV, Lord of Hanau18 decades
- 43Henry VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburgnot measured-
- 44Everhard IInot measured-
- 45
Walramnot measured- - 46Johann II.not measured-
- 47Agnes of Nuremberg, Countess of Werdenbergnot measured-
- 48Adelheidnot measured-
- 49Henry VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburgnot measured-
- 50Konrad III. von Nürnbergnot measured-
- 51
Berthold von Zollernnot measured- - 52Johann of Limburgnot measured-
- 53Gottfried VIII, Count of Ziegenhainnot 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.