Renaissance: Key figures

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  • Sep 21, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Jan van Eyck
    Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and is generally considered one of the most significant Northern European painters of the 15th century. The few surviving records indicate that he was born around 1390, most likely in Maaseik.
    Born: 1395, Maaseik
    Died: 1441, Bruges
    Siblings: Hubert van Eyck
    Periods: Renaissance, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
  • Sep 21, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe.
    Born: 1398, Mainz
    Died: February 3, 1468, Mainz
    Education: University of Erfurt
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. A founder of modern political science, he was a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.
    Born: May 3, 1469, Florence
    Died: June 21, 1527, Florence
    Spouse: Marietta Corsini (m. 1502–1527)
    Children: Lodovico Machiavelli, Piero Machiavelli, Bernardo Machiavelli,
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.
    Born: May 21, 1471, Nuremberg
    Died: April 6, 1528, Nuremberg
    Siblings: Hans Dürer
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
    Born: March 6, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo
    Died: February 18, 1564, Rome
    Full name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
    Series: Sistine Chapel ceiling
    Structures: St. Peter's Basilica, Palazzo Farnese, Capitoline Museums, Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martir
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More
    Sir Thomas More, known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
    Born: February 7, 1478, London
    Died: July 6, 1535, London
    Education: University of Oxford
    Spouse: Jane Colt (m. 1505–1511)
    Children: Margaret Roper, Elizabeth More, John More, Cicely More
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
    Born: April 6, 1483, Urbino
    Died: April 6, 1520, Rome
    Series: Raphael Cartoons, Stanze di Raffaello Frescoes
    Periods: Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, Renaissance
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
    Born: April 23, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon
    Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon
    Education: King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon
    Movies: Coriolanus, Romeo + Juliet, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, More
    Children: Hamnet Shakespeare, Susanna Hall
  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
    Born: April 15, 1452, Anchiano
    Died: May 2, 1519, Clos Lucé
    Buried: Château d'Amboise
    Parents: Caterina da Vinci, Piero da Vinci
    Periods: Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, Renaissance
  • Baldassare Castiglione

    Baldassare Castiglione
    Baldassare Castiglione, count of was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
    Born: December 6, 1478, Mantua
    Died: February 2, 1529, Toledo
    Books: The Book of the Courtier