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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FieldAllHistorical FiguresPoliticiansWritersModelsArtistsAcademicsReligious FiguresActorsMusiciansScientists
  1. 1GersonidesGersonides1288–1344 · Scientistsnot measured—
  2. 2Cresques AbrahamCresques Abraham1325–1387 · Scientists0 decades
  3. 3Nicephorus GregorasNicephorus Gregoras1295–1360 · Scientists10 decades
  4. 4Theodoros MetochitesTheodoros Metochites1270–1332 · Scientists0 decades
  5. 5Giovanni Dondi dell'OrologioGiovanni Dondi dell'Orologio1330–1388 · Scientists0 decades
  6. 6Ibn al-JazariIbn al-Jazari1350–1429 · Scientists0 decades
  7. 7Flavio GiojaFlavio Giojaborn 1300 · Scientists22 decades
  8. 8Jehuda CresquesJehuda Cresques1350–1410 · Scientists0 decades
  9. 9ADAngelino Dulcert1350–1400 · Scientists0 decades
  10. 10Somuncu BabaSomuncu Baba1331–1412 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Scientists0 decades
  11. 11Choe MuseonChoe Museon1325–1395 · Scientistsnot measured—
  12. 12JAJamal ad-Din1300–1300 · Scientists1 decades
  13. 13Pietro VescontePietro Vesconte1300–1400 · Scientists0 decades
  14. 14Ishtori HaparchiIshtori Haparchi1280–1337 · Scientists14 decades
  15. 15Zuane PizziganoZuane Pizzigano1350–1500 · Scientists0 decades
  16. 16Manuel PessanhaManuel Pessanhadied 1400 · Scientists0 decades
  17. 17Guillaume FillastreGuillaume Fillastre1348–1428 · Scientists0 decades
  18. 18HOHenry of Langenstein1325–1397 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Scientists0 decades
  19. 19JDJacopo Dondi dall'Orologio1293–1359 · Scientistsnot measured—
  20. 20Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-KhalīlīShams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī1320–1380 · Scientistsnot measured—
  21. 21MBManuel Bryennios1275–1340 · Scientists0 decades
  22. 22AArgir1300–1375 · Scientists0 decades
  23. 23TMTheodore Meliteniotes1320–1393 · Scientists0 decades
  24. 24IBImmanuel Bonfils1300–1377 · Scientists0 decades
  25. 25OXOuyang Xuan1300–1350 · Scientists1 decades
  26. 26IAIbn al-Majdi1359–1447 · Scientists0 decades
  27. 27Mahendra SūriMahendra Sūri1340–1410 · Scientistsnot measured—
  28. 28WOWilliam of Saint-Cloud1300–1301 · 🇫🇷 France · Scientists0 decades
  29. 29SBSimon Bredon1300–1372 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Scientists0 decades

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.