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Born c.1433 • Germany
Died December 7, 1498 • Deventer • Netherlands
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Reuchlin, Johannes
Johannes Reuchlin
German humanist
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Georg Spalatin
Bavarian humanist
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Johannes Cochlaeus
German humanist
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Conradus Celtis
German scholar
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Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
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Beatus Rhenanus
German humanist and author
Ulrich von Hutten, woodcut portrait from the German edition of his dialogues, 1520
Ulrich von Hutten
German knight
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Luc Holste
Vatican librarian
Aventinus, detail from an engraving by T. Stimmer
Aventinus
Bavarian humanist and historian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio
Italian architect
François Rabelais
François Rabelais
French author
Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing More in dark robes and a black hat, wearing a gold chain of office, seated against a green and yellow draped background.
Thomas More
English humanist and statesman
Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand.
Petrarch
Italian poet
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author