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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
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

1527 - 1609
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561
ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio

1318 - 1389
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

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

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VII

1491 - 1547
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Tommaso Manzuoli

1531 - 1571
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
1214?-1294, philosopher; Franciscan friar, English

Roger Bacon

1214 - 1294
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

John Napier

1550 - 1617
c. 1275- c. 1327, anatomist, Italian

Mondino dei Luzzi

1275 - 1327
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
c. 1300-1368, surgeon, French

Guy de Chauliac

1300 - 1368
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Adrian Junius

1512 - 1575
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

William Caxton

1422 - 1491
c. 1330-1418, alchemist; scrivener to university of Paris, French

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed

1432 - 1481
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Ulisse Aldovandi

1527 - 1605
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Leonhardt Thurneisser

1530 - 1596
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Giovanni Manardi

1462 - 1536
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Hernando Cortes

1485 - 1547
1497-1558, physician, French

Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

1533 - 1606
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Hans Holbein

1497 - 1543