← 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
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia0 decades - 2
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 3
Klaus Störtebeker0 decades - 4
Henry Suso13 decades - 5
Tannhäuser22 decades - 6
Albert I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 7
Margaret of Bavarianot measured- - 8
Louis V, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 9
William I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 10
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 11
Rupert I, Elector Palatine22 decades - 12
Konrad von Jungingen18 decades - 13
Otto V, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 14
Margaret of Brabant0 decades - 15Albert II, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 16
Elisabeth of Nurembergnot measured- - 17
Joanna of Bavaria0 decades - 18
Eberhard III, Count of Württembergnot measured- - 19John II, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 20
Baldwin of Luxembourg7 decades - 21
Günther von Schwarzburgnot measured- - 22Albertus de Saxonia0 decades
- 23
Louis II, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 24
John II, Burgrave of Nurembergnot measured- - 25
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 26
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhinenot measured- - 27
Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania1 decades - 28
Eberhard I, Count of Württembergnot measured- - 29Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 30
William Inot measured- - 31Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburgnot measured-
- 32Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured-
- 33
Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured- - 34
Elisabeth of Meissen0 decades
- 35Otto I, Landgrave of Hessenot measured-
- 36John II of Oldenburgnot measured-
- 37
Ludolph of Saxony0 decades - 38
Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhinenot measured- - 39
Margareta Ebner0 decades - 40
Konrad von Wallenrode1 decades - 41John I, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 42Henry II, Landgrave of Hessenot measured-
- 43Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria22 decades
- 44
Master Bertram0 decades - 45
Conrad von Soest10 decades - 46
William I of Guelders and Jülichnot measured- - 47
Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol11 decades - 48
Otto III, Duke of Carinthianot measured- - 49
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 50
Henry I of Nassau-Siegennot measured- - 51
Catherine of Henneberg0 decades - 52Beatrice of Bavarianot measured-
- 53
Eppelein von Gailingen0 decades - 54Gottfried Michaelsen3 decades
- 55Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 56Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheimnot measured-
- 57Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg7 decades
- 58
Otto II of Nassau-Siegennot measured- - 59
Konrad of Megenberg16 decades - 60
Werner von Urslingen0 decades - 61Otto VI or IV, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
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Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelnot measured- - 63
False Waldemarnot measured- - 64
Johann Parlernot measured- - 65
Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburgnot measured- - 66
Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured- - 67
Ulrich Ensingen0 decades - 68
Frederick III, Margrave of Badennot measured- - 69
Engelbert III of the Marknot measured- - 70
Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden0 decades - 71Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern15 decades
- 72John, Landgrave of Lower Hessenot measured-
- 73
Bolko II of Ziębicenot measured- - 74
Heinrich Parler the Eldernot measured- - 75
Sabina von Steinbach0 decades - 76
Adolf IX of Bergnot measured- - 77
Engelbert II of the Mark0 decades - 78Christina Ebner5 decades
- 79
John of Cleves11 decades - 80
Rudolf III, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg22 decades - 81
Nicolaus of Luxemburg0 decades - 82Nicholas II of Werle22 decades
- 83Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured-
- 84
Kuno II of Falkenstein0 decades - 85
Konrad III the Oldnot measured- - 86Dietrich of Nieheim14 decades
- 87
Walram of Jülich12 decades - 88Louis the Junkernot measured-
- 89
Adolf I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idsteinnot measured- - 90Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern0 decades
- 91Henry of Langenstein0 decades
- 92
Agnes of Bavaria0 decades - 93
Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania0 decades - 94Thomas of Erfurt7 decades
- 95Otto III of Bergaunot measured-
- 96
Ulrich of Richenthal9 decades - 97John II of Werlenot measured-
- 98
Herman IX, Margrave of Baden-Eberstein0 decades - 99Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen8 decades
- 100
Nicholas I, Lord of Rostocknot 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.