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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
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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 -
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, -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 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, 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
