← 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
Timur22 decades - 2
William Wallace22 decades - 3
Ibn Battuta10 decades - 4
Edward III of England11 decades - 5
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor22 decades - 6
Robert the Bruce22 decades - 7
Edward II of England0 decades - 8
Hongwu Emperor7 decades - 9
Edward the Black Prince21 decades - 10
Charles V of France1 decades - 11
Murad I1 decades - 12
Philip VI of France0 decades - 13
John II of France0 decades - 14
Charles IV of France0 decades - 15
Isabella of France11 decades - 16
David II of Scotland0 decades - 17
Jacques de Molay22 decades - 18
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 19
John of Bohemia22 decades - 20
Louis I of Hungary0 decades - 21
John I of France22 decades - 22
Philippa of Hainault12 decades - 23
Toghon Temür0 decades - 24
Mary, Queen of Hungarynot measured- - 25
Andronikos III Palaiologos0 decades
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.