← 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
William Wallace22 decades - 2
Edward III of England11 decades - 3
Robert the Bruce22 decades - 4
Edward II of England0 decades - 5
John Wycliffe19 decades - 6
Edward the Black Prince21 decades - 7
William of Ockham17 decades - 8
David II of Scotland0 decades - 9
Robert II of Scotland0 decades - 10
Duns Scotus22 decades - 11
Robert III of Scotland0 decades - 12
Julian of Norwich9 decades - 13
Owain Glyndŵr0 decades - 14
Wat Tyler22 decades - 15
Philippa of Lancaster1 decades - 16
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York10 decades - 17
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of Marchnot measured- - 18
John Ball22 decades - 19
Joan of Kent9 decades - 20
Henry Percynot measured- - 21
Hugh Despenser the Younger0 decades - 22
William Langland15 decades - 23
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster0 decades - 24
James Douglas, Lord of Douglasnot measured- - 25Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of Marchnot measured-
- 26
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albanynot measured- - 27
Thomas Bradwardine6 decades - 28
Dafydd ap Gwilym9 decades - 29
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan0 decades - 30Isabella de Coucy0 decades
- 31
John III Comyn, Lord of Badenochnot measured- - 32
Murdoch Stewart0 decades - 33
Owain Lawgoch0 decades - 34
Euphemia de Rossnot measured- - 35
Gwenllian of Walesnot measured- - 36
Elizabeth de Clare0 decades - 37
William Walworth13 decades - 38
William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisburynot measured- - 39Maud, Countess of Leicesternot measured-
- 40
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembrokenot measured- - 41Elizabeth Mure4 decades
- 42Andrew of Wyntoun0 decades
- 43
Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglasnot measured- - 44
Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmerenot measured- - 45
Llywelyn Bren0 decades - 46
John Staffordnot measured- - 47Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundelnot measured-
- 48
Richard Swineshead0 decades - 49
John of Islay0 decades - 50
William de Lamberton0 decades - 51Geoffrey le Baker0 decades
- 52Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kentnot measured-
- 53
William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdalenot measured- - 54
Robert Wishart0 decades - 55
William of Heytesbury0 decades - 56
Walter of Winterburnnot measured- - 57Philip Repyngdon0 decades
- 58
John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacutenot measured- - 59Thomas Elmham1 decades
- 60Alan, Earl of Menteithnot measured-
- 61Anne Hastings, Countess of Pembrokenot measured-
- 62Walter Chatton0 decades
- 63Byttering0 decades
- 64Nicholas Bubwith1 decades
- 65Dafydd Gochnot measured-
- 66Simon Bredon0 decades
- 67Henry Yevelenot measured-
- 68Eleanor FitzAlan0 decades
- 69Nicholas of Lynnnot measured-
- 70Éléonore le Despensernot measured-
- 71Marged ferch Tomosnot 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.