Renaissance Key People

  • Period: Sep 24, 1200 to

    Renaissance People

  • Jan Van Eyck
    Sep 24, 1395

    Jan Van Eyck

    Country: Maaseik
    Interest:painting
    Achievenments: European painter of 15th century
    - Active in Bruges
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 24, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Country: Mainz
    Interest: Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher
    Achievements: invented a printing press project
    - first known color printing
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Country: Italy
    Interest: Painter, sculptor, engineer, architect
    Achievements: Had a handwritten manuscripts of over 4000 pages
    - Created some of the most famous paintings including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Country: Florence
    Interest: Historian, Diplomat, Philosopher, Humanist, and writer
    Achievements: Wrote a pamphlet called The Prince
    - He had been beaten because of a bad reputation
  • Albrecht Durer
    May 21, 1471

    Albrecht Durer

    Country: Nuremberg
    Interest: painter
    Achievements: Began as an apprentice to his father
    - several meaningful paintings
  • Michelanglo Buonarroti
    Sep 24, 1475

    Michelanglo Buonarroti

    Country: Italy
    Interest: Art and architect
    Achievements: Interesting painting of Jesus sitting on his mother's lap
    - Was commitioned a painting by a Pope
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    Country: London
    Interest: lawyer, philosopher,author, statesman, humanist
    Achievements: Known to Catholics as St.Thomas More
    - Was a law student
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1478

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Country: Mantua
    Interest: courtier, diplomat, solider ,and author
    Achievements: Served at a court
    - Was made a Count and later an ambassador
  • Raphael
    Apr 6, 1483

    Raphael

    Country: Urbino
    Interest: Painter and architect
    Achievements: Recieved early learning in art from his father
    - considered one of the greatest painters of the High Renissance
  • William Shakespear
    Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespear

    Country: stratford-upon-avon
    Interest: Poetry
    Achievements: Several famous plays and poems
    - regarded as greatest writer in the english language