William Shakespeare26 April 1564, British
Writer
Niccolò Machiavelli03 May 1469, Italian
Political Philosopher
Walter Raleigh22 January 1554, British
Politician, Writer, Explorer, Aristocrat
Kabir1440 AD, Indian
Saint and Mystic Poet
Christopher Marlowe26 February 1564, British
Playwright, Poet
Jonathan Swift30 November 1667, Irish
Author and Satirist
Miguel de Cervantes29 September 1547, Spanish
Novelist
John Donne22 January 1572, British
Poet, lawyer, satirist
Ben Jonson11 June 1572, British
Dramatist, Poet & Actor
François Rabelais04 February 1494, French
Writer
George Herbert03 April 1593, British, Welsh
Poet
Mirabai1498 AD, Indian
Bhakti Saint
Veronica Franco25 March 1546, Italian
Courtesan, Poetess
Giambattista della Porta01 November 1535, Italian
Scholar, Polymath
James VI and I19 June 1566
Poet, Writer
Teresa of Ávila28 March 1515, Spanish
Philosopher, Writer, Cleric
Philip Sidney30 November 1554, British
Poet
Ismail I17 July 1487, Iranian
sovereign, poet, writer
Reginald Pole03 March 1500, British
Archbishop of Canterbury
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana17 December 1556, Indian
Poet
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey1517 AD, British
Politician
Francis de Sales16 August 1567, French, Italian
Theologian, Priest, Writer
Robert Bellarmine04 October 1542, Italian
Theologian, Writer, Librarian, University teacher,
Benvenuto Cellini03 November 1500, Italian
Sculptor, Writer, Medallist, Painter,
Anne Askew1521 AD, British
poet
John Amos Comenius28 March 1592, Czech
Writer, Linguist, Presbyter, Theologian,
Lope de Vega25 November 1562, Spanish
Playwright, Poet, Writer
Emilia Lanier1569 AD, British
writer, poet
Thomas Kyd06 November 1558, British
playwright, writer
Torquato Tasso11 March 1544, Italian
Poet, Writer, Playwright, Poet lawyer
Conrad Gessner26 March 1516, Swiss
Linguist, Zoologist, Mountaineer, Physician,
Pietro Aretino19 April 1492, Italian
Poet, Writer, Playwright, Journalist
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Thomas Middleton18 April 1580, British
Playwright, Poet, Writer
Duarte BarbosaPortuguese
Francisco de Quevedo14 September 1580, Spanish
writer, poet
Pierre de Ronsard11 September 1524, French
Poet, Writer
Giambattista Basile1566 AD, Italian
writer, poet, children's writer
Michael Drayton1563 AD, British
Poet, Writer
Mikael Agricola1509 AD, Finnish
linguist, priest, translator, theologian
Alexandre de Rhodes15 March 1591, French
Lexicographer, Linguist, Writer, Missionary
Xu Guangqi04 May 1562, Chinese
mathematician, astronomer, writer
Catalina de Erauso1592 AD, Spanish
explorer, military personnel, writer
Bihari Lal1595 AD, Indian
Poet
Hans Staden1525 AD, German
explorer, writer, autobiographer
Luis de León1527 AD, Spanish
linguist, poet, writer, translator
George Buchanan01 February 1506, Scottish
linguist, poet, historian, translator
Tirso de Molina24 March 1579, Spanish
Playwright, Poet, Writer
Jan Kochanowski1530 AD, Polish
poet
Joost van den Vondel17 November 1587, Dutch
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Primož Trubar19 June 1508, Slovenian
writer, translator,theologian, Bible translator
Mikołaj Rej04 February 1505, Polish
poet, writer
Martin Chemnitz09 November 1522, German
Theologian, University teacher, Astrologer
Thomas Tusser1524 AD, British
Author, Writer
Thomas Dekker1572 AD, British
playwright, poet, writer
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski20 September 1503, Polish
Scholar
John Fletcher30 November 1579, British
playwright, poet, writer
Garcilaso de la Vega06 February 1501, Spanish
poet, soldier
William Drummond13 December 1585, Scottish
Poet, Writer