Renaissance Key Figures

  • Sep 21, 1395

    Jan Van Eyck

    Jan Van Eyck
    Maaseik
    painter
    epitomized in the Ghent Altarpiece
  • Feb 3, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Mainz
    painter
    painting press
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Vinci, Italy
    Painter
    Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
  • May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Florence, Italy
    politician
    book Called "The Princ"
  • May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer
    Nuremberg
    painter
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Caprese Michelangelo
    sculptor
    sculptor, David, paintings
  • Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas More
    London
    Lawer
    Sir Thomas More was a lawyer, statesman, social humanis
  • Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Baldassare Castiglione
    The bookof the coutier presented as a diaogue among members of the church at urbino.
  • Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Raphael
    Urbino
    painter
    The Nymph Galatea, and The School of Athens
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakeseare

    William Shakeseare
    Stratford-upon-Avon
    poet
    famous plays include a midsummer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet.