← 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.
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Catherine of Siena18 decades - 2
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Orhannot measured- - 3
John of Gaunt22 decades - 4
Robert II of Scotland0 decades - 5
Ivan I of Moscow0 decades - 6
Władysław II Jagiełło0 decades - 7
Casimir III the Great0 decades - 8
Robert III of Scotland0 decades - 9
John I of Portugal0 decades - 10
Manuel II Palaiologos0 decades - 11
Alauddin Khalji1 decades - 12
Philip the Bold0 decades - 13
Alfonso XI of Castile and Leonnot measured- - 14
Owain Glyndŵr0 decades - 15
Dmitry Donskoy0 decades - 16
Peter I of Portugal0 decades - 17
John I of Castile and Leonnot measured- - 18
Anne of Bohemianot measured- - 19
Charles, Count of Valoisnot measured- - 20
Elizabeth of Aragonnot measured- - 21
Joan II of Navarre0 decades - 22
Lazar of Serbia0 decades - 23
Inês de Castro0 decades - 24
Joanna I of Naples0 decades - 25
Andrew III of Hungary0 decades - 26
Clement VII22 decades - 27
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York10 decades - 28
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of Marchnot measured- - 29
Charles III of Naples12 decades - 30
Blanche of Lancaster0 decades - 31
Vytautasnot measured- - 32
Jobst of Moravia0 decades - 33
John Ball22 decades - 34
Magnus IV of Swedennot measured- - 35Alaeddin Pasha0 decades
- 36
Mikhail of Tver20 decades - 37
Gian Galeazzo Visconti9 decades - 38
Ivan II of Moscow0 decades - 39
Cola di Rienzo10 decades - 40
Edward Balliol6 decades - 41
Empress Ginot measured- - 42
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khannot measured- - 43
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwallnot measured- - 44
Joan of Kent9 decades - 45
Gajah Mada5 decades - 46
Rupert, King of Germanynot measured- - 47
Étienne Marcel20 decades - 48
Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster13 decades - 49
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan0 decades - 50
Simeon of Moscow0 decades - 51
Robert, King of Naplesnot measured- - 52
Joan of Burgundy0 decades - 53
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders0 decades - 54
Hugh Despenser the Younger0 decades - 55
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster0 decades - 56
Yury of Moscow0 decades - 57
Rinchinbal Khannot measured- - 58
Nuno Álvares Pereira0 decades - 59
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewinot measured- - 60
Vuk Branković0 decades - 61
Harihara I1 decades - 62
Albert I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 63Muhammad Shah of Bruneinot measured-
- 64
William I, Count of Hainaut0 decades - 65
Marjorie Bruce0 decades - 66
Margaret of Bavarianot measured- - 67
Parameswaranot measured- - 68
Joan I, Countess of Auvergnenot measured- - 69
George V of Georgia0 decades - 70
Barquq4 decades - 71
Maria, Queen of Sicily4 decades - 72
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kentnot measured- - 73
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut0 decades - 74
Coluccio Salutati9 decades - 75
Catherine of Courtenay14 decades - 76
Edigu0 decades - 77Toqto'a5 decades
- 78
Joan III, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 79
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancasternot measured- - 80
Jacob van Artevelde0 decades - 81
Amadeus V0 decades - 82
Amda Seyon I0 decades - 83
Ingeborg of Norway0 decades - 84
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulsternot measured- - 85
Margaret I, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 86
Galeazzo II Visconti0 decades - 87
William I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 88
Eleanor of Woodstock0 decades - 89
Saray Malik Katunnot measured- - 90
Xu Da0 decades - 91
Joan, Duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 92
Frederick III the Simplenot measured- - 93Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pashanot measured-
- 94
Joanna, Duchess of Brabantnot measured- - 95
Joanna of Flanders0 decades - 96
William II of Hainautnot measured- - 97
Simone Boccanegra0 decades - 98Al-Mutawakkil Inot measured-
- 99
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolknot measured- - 100
Pierre II, Count of Alençon0 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.