Artists & Writers

Medieval era

Simone Martini

1284 – August 1, 1344

Italian painter

Medieval era

Lorenzo Ghiberti

1378 – December 1, 1455

Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)

Medieval era

Fra Filippo Lippi

1406 – October 8, 1469

Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)

Medieval era

Andrea Mantegna

1431 – September 13, 1506

Italian Renaissance painter (1431-1506)

Medieval era

Giovanni Bellini

1430 – November 29, 1516

15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)

Medieval era

Rogier van der Weyden

c. 1390 – June 18, 1464

Early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399–1464)

Medieval era

Hans Memling

1435 – August 11, 1494

German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)

Medieval era

Cynewulf

c. 900 CE – c. 900 CE

Anglo Saxon poet

Medieval era

John Gower

1330 – 1408

English writer and poet (c.1330–1408)

Medieval era

James I of Scotland

July 25, 1394 – February 21, 1437

King of Scots from 1406 to 1437

Medieval era

Robert Henryson

1425 – 1506

15th-century Scottish makar (poet)

Medieval era

Blind Harry

1440 – 1492

Scottish author of the poem The Wallace

Medieval era

Dafydd ap Gwilym

1320 – 1380

14th-century Welsh poet

Medieval era

Taliesin

534 CE – 599 CE

Welsh bard

Medieval era

Aneirin

525 CE – 600 CE

Brythonic (Welsh) poet; author of the Gododdin.

Medieval era

Hartmann von Aue

1160 – 1210

Leading poet of the Middle High German period

Medieval era

Gottfried von Strassburg

1180 – 1215

Medieval German poet

Medieval era

Oswald von Wolkenstein

1377 – August 2, 1445

German poet, composer, and diplomat

Medieval era

Jaufre Rudel

1000 – 1148

Prince of Blaye and troubadour

Medieval era

Comtessa de Dia

1140 – 1212

Female troubadour (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212)

Medieval era

Sordello

1200 – 1269

Italian troubadour, poet and composer

Medieval era

Jacopone da Todi

1236 – December 25, 1306

Italian Franciscan mystic

Medieval era

Luigi Pulci

August 15, 1432 – November 11, 1484

Italian poet (1432-1484)

Medieval era

Matteo Maria Boiardo

1441 – December 19, 1494

Italian writer

Medieval era

Angelo Poliziano

July 14, 1454 – September 29, 1494

Italian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)

Medieval era

Gilles Binchois

1400 – September 20, 1460

Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (c. 1400–1460)

Medieval era

Notker the Stammerer

840 CE – April 6, 912 CE

Benedictine monk and musician

Medieval era

Adam de la Halle

1237 – 1288

French poet, composer and trouvère

Medieval era

Juan Ruiz

1283 – 1350

14th century Castilian poet

Medieval era

Don Juan Manuel

May 5, 1282 – c. 1400

Spanish prince and writer (1282-1348)

Medieval era

Gonzalo de Berceo

1196 – 1260

13th-century Castilian poet

Medieval era

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

October 22, 1071 – February 10, 1126

Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou

Medieval era

Bernart de Ventadorn

c. 1140 – c. 1190

12th-century troubador

Medieval era

Bertran de Born

1140 – 1215

Occitan troubadour

Medieval era

Suger of Saint-Denis

1080 – January 13, 1151

French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)

Medieval era

Guillaume de Lorris

1200 – 1238

French scholar and poet from Lorris (1200–1238)

Medieval era

Jean de Meun

1240 – 1305

French author (1240–1305)

Medieval era

Philippe de Commines

1447 – October 28, 1511

Writer and diplomat (1447-1511)

Medieval era

Jean Gerson

December 13, 1363 – July 12, 1429

French academic (1363/1369–1429)

Medieval era

Dirk Bouts

1415 – May 6, 1475

15th-century Dutch painter

Medieval era

Pisanello

1395 – 1455

Italian artist (1395–1455)

Medieval era

Paolo Uccello

June 15, 1397 – December 10, 1475

Italian painter (1397-1475)

Medieval era

Andrea del Verrocchio

1435 – 1488

15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488)

Medieval era

Domenico Ghirlandaio

June 2, 1448 – January 11, 1494

Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494)

Medieval era

Pietro Perugino

1448 – 1523

Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school (1448–1523)

Medieval era

Gentile Bellini

1429 – February 23, 1507

Italian painter of the renaissance (1429–1507)

Modern era

John Ball

August 20, 1818 – October 21, 1889

British politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller. (1818-1889)

Medieval era

Egil Skallagrimsson

910 CE – 990 CE

Viking Age poet, warrior and farmer

Medieval era

Caterina Sforza

1463 – May 28, 1509

Lady of Imola and Countess of Forlì (1463-1509)

Boucicaut

d. 1425

French manuscript illuminator

Medieval era

Ulrich von Liechtenstein

c. 1200 – January 26, 1275

Austrian poet and nobleman

Early Modern era

Hans Bohm

1500 – November 22, 1550

German artist (1500-1550)

Medieval era

Rene of Anjou

January 16, 1409 – July 10, 1480

King of Naples (1409-1480)

Medieval era

Radegund

518 CE – August 13, 587 CE

Frankish queen consort

Medieval era

Mechthild of Magdeburg

1207 – 1282

German mystic

Medieval era

Marguerite Porete

1250 – June 1, 1310

French mystic

Ancient era

Amalasuntha

498 CE – April 30, 535 CE

Queen of the Ostrogoths (495-535)

Medieval era

Hadewijch

1200 – c. 1260

13th-century Dutch poet and mystic

Medieval era

Jan van Ruusbroec

1293 – December 2, 1381

Brabantian mystic and writer (1293–1381)

Medieval era

Johannes Tauler

1300 – 1361

Mystic, author