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1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari

1136 - 1206
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
Tunisian scholar; translated Arabic medicine texts

Constantine the African

1020 - 1099
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio

1318 - 1389
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 - 1543
c 1295-1327, Christian saint; martyr; pilgrim, French

Roch

1295 - 1327
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VII

1491 - 1547
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

1499 - 1546
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
c. 1275- c. 1327, anatomist, Italian

Mondino dei Luzzi

1275 - 1327
c. 1300-1368, surgeon, French

Guy de Chauliac

1300 - 1368
c. 1330-1418, alchemist; scrivener to university of Paris, French

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

William Caxton

1422 - 1491
1214?-1294, philosopher; Franciscan friar, English

Roger Bacon

1214 - 1294
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed

1432 - 1481
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Giovanni Manardi

1462 - 1536
1397?-1468, printer; inventor, German

Johannes Gutenberg

1397 - 1468
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1253-1303, saint; lawyer; ecclesiastical judge, French

Yves

1253 - 1303
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Hernando Cortes

1485 - 1547
1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Hans Holbein

1497 - 1543
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1497-1558, physician, French

Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558
c. 1028-1089, King of England, 1066-1089

William

1028 - 1089
c. 1471 or 1476-1541, conquistador, Spanish

Francisco Pizarro

1476 - 1541
1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Christopher Columbus

1451 - 1506
1079-1142, philosopher; theologian; logician, French

Peter Abelard

1079 - 1142
1449-1492, statesman, Italian

Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici

1449 - 1492
c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Juanelo Torriano

1500 - 1585
King of England

Edward

1442 - 1483
philospher, Spanish

Averroes

1126 - 1198
c. 1460-1509, cartographer; conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Juan de la Cosa

1460 - 1509
1451-1504, monarch; queen, Spanish

Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504
1181/2-1226, monk; friar, Italian

Francis

1181 - 1226
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1457-1509, king of England and lord of Ireland, reigned 1485-1509

Henry VII Tudor

1457 - 1509
1100-1134, conjoined twin of Elisa Chulkhurst (Biddenden Maid), English

Mary Chulkhurst

1100 - 1134
c. 1437-1492, Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England

Elizabeth Woodville

1437 - 1492
c. 1494-1568, knight of St John, French

Jean Parisot de la Valette

1494 - 1568
1225-1274, philosopher; theologian, Italian

Thomas Aquinas

1225 - 1274
1495-current [2013], naval dockyard, English; British

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495
1389-1459, Archbishop of Florence, Italian

Antonino

1389 - 1459
1118-1170, saint; martyr; archbishop, English

Thomas Becket

1118 - 1170
1157-1159, monarch, king of England, reigned 1189-1199

Richard I

1157 - 1199