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Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Julian of Norwich
English theologian and anchoress
Elizabeth of Pomerania
queen of Bohemia
Claus Sluter
French artist (1340–1406)
Madhava of Sangamagrama
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c.1340-c.1425)
Go-Kameyama
emperor of Japan
Katherine Swynford
Third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria
Helen of Bosnia
Queen Consort and Queen Regnant of Bosnia (1345-1399)
al-Mansur Muhammad
Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 1361-1363
Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland
Second queen of David II of Scotland
Theodora Kantakouzene
Empress of Trebizond, consort of emperor Alexios III
Saray Malik Katun
princess of Chagatai Khanate and consort of Timur
William II of Berg
Count of Berg, elevated to Duke of Berg (ca. 1348-1408)
Christian V, Count of Oldenburg
Count of Oldenburg
Bernat Metge
Spanish humanist
Alice Perrers
Mistress of Edward III and landowner
Edward II
Count of Bar
Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Landgrave of Hesse
Philip van Artevelde
Flemish patriot (1340-1382)
Stibor of Stiboricz
Hungarian noble
Henry VII of Brzeg
Duke of Brzeg and ruler of Niemcza
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Scottish nobleman
Alberico da Barbiano
first of the Italian condottieri
Euthymius II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch in 1410–1416
Dietrich of Nieheim
Prince-bishop
Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Scottish and Norwegian nobleman
Konrad II the Gray
Polish Duke
Bolko III of Ziębice
Knyaz of Ziębice
Henry VI the Older
Duke of Glogów, Ścinawa, and Żagań
Henry, Duke of Schleswig
Duke of Schleswig from 1364 to 1375
Filippo Carafa della Serra
Catholic priest
William Courtenay
Archbishop of Canterbury
John II, Count of Blois
Count of Blois and Dunois, Lord of Avesnes, Schoonhoven and Gouda (ca. 1342-1381)
Henry of Niemodlin
Polish noble
John Kantakouzenos
Despot
Frederick III of Saarwerden
German archbishop
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German noblewoman
Philip Repyngdon
Bishop of Lincoln
Patrikas
thumb|300px|The Korela Fortress was built by Patrikas and his father on the bank of the [[Vuoksi River]] Patrikey Glebovich or Patrikas Narimantaitis (, Finnish: Patrika Narimantinpoika) was a grandson (or great-grandson) of Gediminas who exchanged his lands in and near Starodub in Siveria for the Korela and Oreshek fortresses in the Novgorod Republic. He also founded the town of Yamskaya krepost (Yamburg) (now Kingisepp) near Pskov. His male line descendants include the Golitsyn, Kurakin, and princely houses of Russia.
Astorre I Manfredi
Italian condottiero
Bolesław IV of Legnica
Polish noble
John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel
Marshal of England
Johann von Posilge
Prussian chronicler of the Teutonic Knights
Simon III, Lord of Lippe
Lord of Lippe
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
English noble (1342-1386)
Wenceslaus of Niemodlin
Polish noble
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Italian painter (1368-1415)
Philippa Roet
English lady-in-waiting
Siemowit of Cieszyn
Silesian nobleman
Henry VI, Count of Waldeck
Count of Waldeck
Edward Dalyngrigge
Builder of Bodiam Castle, Sussex
Taj al-Din Shah-i Shahan Abu'l Fath
Was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan
Welsh landowner and supporter of the Glyndŵr rebellion
Al-Hadi Ali
Yemeni imam
John Cavendish
English judge
Robert de Bracquemont
French military personnel