← 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
Gersonidesnot measured- - 2
Cresques Abraham0 decades - 3
Theodoros Metochites0 decades - 4
Nicephorus Gregoras10 decades - 5
Ibn al-Jazari0 decades - 6Angelino Dulcert0 decades
- 7
Flavio Gioja22 decades - 8
Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio0 decades - 9
Jehuda Cresques0 decades - 10
Pietro Vesconte0 decades - 11
Ishtori Haparchi14 decades - 12
Somuncu Baba0 decades - 13
Zuane Pizzigano0 decades - 14Jamal ad-Din1 decades
- 15
Choe Museonnot measured- - 16Henry of Langenstein0 decades
- 17
Manuel Pessanha0 decades - 18Manuel Bryennios0 decades
- 19Jacopo Dondi dall'Orologionot measured-
- 20
Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlīnot measured- - 21
Ibn Arafa0 decades - 22
Guillaume Fillastre0 decades - 23Argir0 decades
- 24Theodore Meliteniotes0 decades
- 25Ibn al-Majdi0 decades
- 26Immanuel Bonfils0 decades
- 27Ouyang Xuan1 decades
- 28
Mahendra Sūrinot measured- - 29William of Saint-Cloud0 decades
- 30Simon Bredon0 decades
- 31John II, Lord of Polanennot measured-
- 32Nicholas of Lynnnot measured-
- 33Robertus Anglicusnot measured-
- 34John of Saxonynot measured-
- 35Jacob ben Isaac Corsononot 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.