Renaissance Key Figures

  • Sep 24, 1395

    Jan van Eyck

    Jan van Eyck
    Holy Roman Empire (ROME)
    Oil Painter
    He painted "Adoration of the Lamb"
    He was employed by Duke Philip
    No one knows when he was born; just the year that he was born.
  • Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Germany
    German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
    He introduce publishing to Europe
    Invented the movable type
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Italy
    metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting
    He created the bicycle
    He painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Italy
    Diplomat, Writer
    He then wrote The Prince
    Died June 21,1527
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    Germany
    German Renaissance artist
    1494 he traveled to Italy and stayed for a year
    He died on April 06, 1528
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Caprese, Republic of Florence
    sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
    the sculpture David
    died after a short illness in 1564 at 88
  • Dec 6, 1476

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Baldassare Castiglione
    Italy
    courtier, diplomat, soldier, author
    wrote and acted in a pastoral play,Tirsi
    Died on February 2, 1529
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    Italy
    painter and architect
    Died at 37 year old
    Painted The School of Athens
  • Feb 7, 1535

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More
    England
    awyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist
    Published Utopia
    Died July 6,1535
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    UK
    English poet, dramatist, and actor
    Was baptized at Holy Trinity Church
    He died on his birthday in 1616