1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Philosopher · England 1583 Akbar Mughal Emperor · India 1542 - 1605 Anne Boleyn Marquess of Pembroke · England 1501 - 1536 Antoine de Pluvinel Riding Master · France 1555 Artemisia Gentileschi Painter · Italy 1593 - 1656 Azai Nagamasa Daimyo · Japan 1545 - 1573 Baron de Laune Historian · France 1585 Bathsua Makin Critic · England 1600 - 1675 Ben Jonson Playwright · England 1572 - 1637 Benjamin Rudyerd Poet · England 1572 - 1658 Camillus de Lellis Soldier and founder of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (also known as the Camillians) · Italy 1550 Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France 1585 Catherine Parr Queen consort of England · England 1512 - 1548 Claudio Monteverdi Composer · Italy 1567 - 1643 Duke of Sully Statesman · France 1560 Edmund Campion Martyr · England 1540 - 1581 Edmund Spenser Poet · England 1552 - 1599 Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales · England 1552 - 1634 Edward Fairfax Poet · England 1575 Edward Herbert Philosopher and statesman · England 1583 Edward Topsell Author · England 1572 - 1625 Elizabeth I Queen of England · England 1533 - 1603 Etienne de La Boetie Writer · France 1530 - 1563 Francis Bacon Philosopher · England 1561 Francis Walsingham Spymaster · England 1532 - 1590 Francisco de Quevedo Writer · Spain 1580 - 1645 Francois de Malherbe Poet · France 1555 - 1628 Francois Viete Mathematician · France 1540 - 1603 Fulke Greville Politician and courtier · England 1554 Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Poet and statesman · England 1554 Galileo Galilei Physicist and astronomer · Italy 1564 George Chapman Playwright · England 1559 George Gascoigne Poet · England 1539 George Herbert Pastor · England 1593 - 1633 Ieyasu Tokugawa Shogun · Japan 1543 Izaak Walton Angler · England 1593 James Howell Writer · England 1594 James Shirley Playwright · England 1596 James Ussher Clergyman and scholar · Ireland 1581 Jane Frances de Chantal Religious leader and founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary · France 1572 Jean Bodin Jurist · France 1530 Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France 1591 Jeremiah Burroughs Preacher · England 1599 Joachim du Bellay Poet · France 1522 Johannes Kepler Astronomer · Germany 1571 Johannes Stadius Theologian · Germany 1581 John Amos Comenius Educator · Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) 1592 John Bradford Clergyman · England 1510 John Calvin Theologian and pastor · France 1509 John Cotton Minister · England 1585 John Dee Mathematician and astronomer · England 1527 John Donne Poet · England 1572 John Fletcher Playwright · England 1579 John Florio Lexicographer · Italy 1553 John Gerard Botanist · England 1545 John Harington Courtier · England 1561 John Jewel Bishop · England 1522 John Knox Clergyman · Scotland 1514 John Lyly Dramatist · England 1554 John Marston Playwright · England 1576 John of the Cross Mystic · Spain 1542 John Selden Lawyer · England 1584 John Webster Playwright · England 1580 John Winthrop Lawyer · England 1588 Joseph Hall Clergyman · England 1574 Juan Ruiz de Alarcon Playwright · Spain 1581 King James I King · Scotland 1566 Lady Jane Grey Queen · England 1537 Lancelot Andrewes Clergyman · England 1555 Lope de Vega Playwright · Spain 1562 Louise Labe Poet · France 1524 Luis de Camoes Poet · Portugal 1524 Luisa Sigea de Velasco Writer · Spain 1522 Magdalena de Pazzi Nun · Italy 1566 Margaret of Valois Queen · France 1553 Marie de Gournay Writer · France 1565 Martin Chemnitz Theologian · Germany 1522 Maurice Sceve Poet · France 1501 Maximilien de Bethune Statesman · France 1560 Michael Drayton Poet · England 1563 Michael Servetus Theologian, physician, and humanist · Spain 1511 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France 1533 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain 1547 Nabeshima Naoshige Samurai · Japan 1538 Nicholas Breton Poet · England 1564 Nicholas Ling Publisher · England 1563 Nicolas Caussin Jesuit priest and moral theologian · France 1583 Nicolas Poussin Painter · France 1594 Oliver Cromwell Military leader and statesman · England 1599 Orlando Gibbons Composer · England 1583 Paolo Veronese Painter · Italy 1528 Paschal Baylon Religious Brother · Spain 1540 Pedro Calderon de la Barca Playwright · Spain 1600 Peter Canisius Jesuit priest and theologian · Netherlands 1521 Peter Claver Missionary · Spain 1580 Peter Paul Rubens Painter · Belgium 1577 Philip Massinger Playwright · England 1583 Philip Neri Priest · Italy 1515 Philip Sidney Poet and courtier · England 1554 Pierre Charron Philosopher · France 1541 Pierre de Ronsard Poet · France 1524 Piet Pieterszoon Hein Admiral · Netherlands 1577 Pocahontas Diplomat · Virginia 1596 Pope Julius III Clergy · Italy 1513 Rene Descartes Philosopher · France 1596 Richard Barnfield Poet · England 1569 Richard Hakluyt Geographer and historian · England 1552 Richard Hooker Theologian and philosopher · England 1554 Richard Mulcaster Educator · England 1531 Richard Sibbes Theologian and preacher · England 1577 Robert Bellarmine Priest and theologian · Italy 1542 Robert Burton Clergyman · England 1577 Robert Cecil Politician · England 1563 Robert Herrick Poet · England 1591 Robert Recorde Mathematician 1512 Robert Southwell Poet and Jesuit priest · England 1561 Roger Ascham Tutor and scholar · England 1515 Rose of Lima Nun · Peru 1586 Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Bishop and Theologian · France 1567 Samuel Daniel Poet · England 1562 Samuel Rutherford Presbyterian theologian and author · Scotland 1600 Sir Francis Bacon Philosopher and statesman · England 1561 Sir Fulke Greville Politician · England 1554 Sir John Davies Lawyer · England 1569 Stephen Hopkins Politician · England 1581 Takeda Shingen Warlord · Japan 1521 Takuan Soho Zen Buddhist monk and teacher · Japan 1573 Teresa of Avila Nun · Spain 1515 Thomas Campion Composer · England 1567 Thomas Goodwin Theologian · England 1600 Thomas Heywood Playwright · England 1574 Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England 1588 Thomas Hooker Clergyman · England 1586 Tommaso Campanella Philosopher · Italy 1568 Torii Mototada Samurai · Japan 1539 Torquato Tasso Poet · Italy 1544 Toyotomi Hideyoshi Warlord · Japan 1537 Tulsidas Poet and saint · India 1532 Tycho Brahe Astronomer · Denmark 1546 Uesugi Kenshin Samurai · Japan 1530 Vincent de Paul Priest · France 1581 Vincent Voiture Poet · France 1597 Walter Raleigh Explorer · England 1552 William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Soldier and statesman · Scotland 1567 William Ames Theologian · England 1576 William Bradford Politician · England 1590 William Burton Historian · England 1575 William Camden Historian · England 1551 William Cavendish Politician · England 1593 William Cecil Politician and statesman · England 1520 William Drummond Poet · Scotland 1585 William Gilbert Physician and natural philosopher · England 1544 William Harvey Physician · England 1578 William Shakespeare Playwright · England 1564 William Tyndale Theologian and scholar · England 1534 Yagyu Munenori Samurai · Japan 1571 Yi Sun-sin Admiral · Korea 1545