Claim profile
1300–1399

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Baldwin of LuxembourgBaldwin of Luxembourg1285–1354 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures7 decades
  2. 2Nicolaus of LuxemburgNicolaus of Luxemburg1322–1358 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Kuno II of FalkensteinKuno II of Falkenstein1320–1388 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Walram of JülichWalram of Jülich1304–1349 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures12 decades
  5. 5Engelbert III of the Marck, Archbishop of CologneEngelbert III of the Marck, Archbishop of Cologne1304–1368 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  6. 6LOLouis of Meissen1341–1382 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  7. 7Marquard of RandeckMarquard of Randeck1296–1381 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8WVWilhelm von Gennep1350–1362 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures7 decades
  9. 9AIAlbert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbütteldied 1395 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  10. 10Louis of TeckLouis of Teck1350–1439 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  11. 11Bohemond IIBohemond II1290–1367 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Werner von FalkensteinWerner von Falkenstein1355–1418 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures5 decades
  13. 13Albert II of Saxe-WittenbergAlbert II of Saxe-Wittenberg1285–1342 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  14. 14Leopold III of BebenburgLeopold III of Bebenburg1297–1363 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  15. 15Frederick IV of OettingenFrederick IV of Oettingen1360–1415 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.