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Charlemagne - 742-814, King of the Franks, founder of the Carolingian Empire, united much of western Europe, promoted learning and the Catholic church - Morgan190 (shown), Kirk and Andrew, Spike94
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Harold Godwinson - 1022-1066, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings - Histo-Sci
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William the Conqueror - 1028-1087 - Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and became King of England - Histo-Sci
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Hereward the Wake - 1035-1072, warrior who led resistance to William the Conqueror in eastern England after the Battle of Hastings - Morgan190
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Richard the Lionheart - 1157-1199, King of England and parts of France, leader in 3rd Crusade Silentmaster OO5 (shown), Morgan190, Jamerco, Backfire isacoolman
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Saladin - first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, fought the Crusaders - Samuel Martinez (shown), Turambar1
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Fulk FitzWarin - 1160-1258, English nobleman who rebelled against King John in a dispute over in heiritance, perhaps an inspiration for the Robin Hood legend - Morgan190
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Genghis Khan1162(?)-1227 - united the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia into the Mongol Empire, controling much of central Asia and China, started military campaigns that reached as far as the Ukraine - Dunechaser
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Francis of Assisi 1181/1182-1226, Italian friar and preacher, founder of the Franciscan order Michael Jasper
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Louis IX of France - 1214-1270, Saint Louis, King of France, died in Tunis on the Eighth Crusade - Morgan190
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Marco Polo - Venetian merchant and traveler whose account of his journey to China help inspire other traders and explorers - Morgan190
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Robert the Bruce - led Scotland against England during the Wars of Scottish Independance, became King of the Scots - Cuahchic (shown), Histo-Sci
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William Wallace - ?-1305, Scottish warrior, patriot - Hound Knight (shown), UK AFOL, Caleb, Morgan190, Nexus7.1
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Tvrtko I of Bosnia - ruler of Bosnia from 1353-1391, first as a vassal of Hungary then as an independant kingdom, brought Bosnia to its peak of dominance of the Balkans - Aldin
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Wat the Tyler - 1341-1381, leader of the Peasants' Revolt in England along with John Ball and Jack Straw, treacherously killed by the Lord Mayor of London during a parlay with Richard II - Histo-Sci
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Geoffrey Chaucer - c1343-1400, widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, best known today for the Canterbury Tales - Morgan190 (shown), Andrew Becraft
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Joan of Arc - 1412-1431, French maid who led the French, executed by the English - LennyLumas (shown), Shadow Viking, Nexus7.1, Morgan190
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Vlad III - prince of Wallachia (in modern Romania), legends of his cruelty to his enemies, particularly the invading Ottomons, inspired the story of Dracula - Thule87 (shown), Quickblade22, Sgtelridge
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Christopher Columbus - 1451-1506, completed four voyages across the Atlantic, opened the way for European colonization in the Americas - Napoleon 53 (shown), Histo-Sci, LEGO store, Andrew Becraft
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Vasco de Gama - 1460-1524, Portuguese sailor and explorer who sailed south around Africa to reach India - Morgan190
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Desiderius Erasmus - 1466-1536, Dutch Catholic priest and theologian - Morgan190
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Nicolaus Copernicus - astronomer who proposed a heliocentric universe - Histo-Sci (shown), MisterZumbi
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa - 1475-1519, Spanish Conquistador and explorer, founded the first permanent European settlement on the American mainland (in Panama), crossed Panama to see the Pacific - Nathan
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Michelangelo - 1475-1565, artist - Morgan190
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Henry VIII - 1491-1547, King of England, broke with the Catholic Church in his quest for a divorce, father of Elizabeth I - Brithead (shown), Emily K, Morgan190, Histo-Sci
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William Tyndale - leading figure in the English Reformation, translator of the Bible into English, executed in 1536 - Ian Spacek
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Anne Boleyn - 1501-1536, second wife of Henry VIII, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church in an effort to divorce Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne, mother of Elizabeth I, after she failed to produce a male heir, and in his desire to pursue another, Henry accused her of treason and had her beheaded - Morgan190
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Wives of Henry VIII - divorced, beheaded, died, divorced beheaded, survived - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr - Cathiehh (shown), Brithead
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Elizabeth I 1533-1603, the 'Virgin Queen' of England Michael Jasper
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Oda Nobunaga - 1534-1582, initiated the unification of Japan under the Shogunate - Morgan190 (shown), Andrew Becraft
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Hattori Hanzō - 1542-1596, samurai and ninja master, helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become the ruler of a united Japan - Morgan190 (shown), Andrew Becraft
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Sir Francis Drake 1544-1596, English sea captain, privateer and explorer Michael Jasper
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Ishikawa Goemon - 1558-1594, Japanese outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor - Morgan190
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Francis Bacon - 1561-1626, English philosopher, scientist and politician, served as Lord Chancellor of England, developed the scientific method - Morgan190
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Galileo Galilei - 1564-1642, Italian astronomer, came into conflict with the Catholic church - LEGO/NASA (shown), Paul Vermeesch, Histo-Sci, TeeFury
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Guy Fawkes - Conspirator in the failed Gunpowder Plot to overthrow King James to install a Catholic queen. - Robbie Tengrove (shown), Legoland, Guy Fawkes 2.0
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - 1571-1610, Italian artist, influential on the Baroque school of painting - Morgan190
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Miyamoto Musashi - 1584-1685, Japanese swordsman and rōnin, considered one of the greatest warriors of all time - Andrew Becraft
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René Descartes - 1596-1650, French mathematician and father of modern philosophy - Thom (shown), Morgan190, Helico, Histo-Sci
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Oliver Cromwell - 1599-1658, Puritan, commander of parliamentary forces during the English Civil War, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland - Histo-Sci
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Pierre de Fermat 1601-1665 - French mathematician Michael Jasper
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John Milton - 1608-1674, English poet, author of Paradise Lost - Morgan190
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Thomas Fairfax - 1612-1671, commander in chief of Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War - Morgan190
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Man in the iron mask - French prisoner arrested in 1669 and imprisoned until his death 34 years later, identity concealed behind an iron mask - Morgan190
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Roland, or Hruodland, birth unknown, military governor of the Breton March and one of the chief paladins of Charlemagne, killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass and inspiration for the Chanson de Roland 74louloute
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Edgar the Peaceful - King of England, helped consolidate the nation - Msilverm
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Erik Thorvaldsson - 950-1003 - Viking explorer and founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland. Father of Leif Ericson - Dunechaser (shown), Morgan190
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Alfred the Great - 849-899, King of the West Saxons who defended his kingdom against Viking invaders and rose to become the dominant ruler in England - Histo Sci
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Leif Ericson - c970-c1020, Norse explorer, first European to set foot in North America - Histo-Sci (shown), Andrew Becraft
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Minamoto no Yorimitsu - 948-1021, Japanese warrior who served the Fujiwara clan, inspired legends - Andrew Becraft
