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This is a list of artists in different times around the world.

In progress.

20th Century[edit | edit source]

name region period title style link to works
Albert Camus Algeria, France 1913 – 1960 philosopher, author, journalist Absurdism
Alberto Pincherle (Alberto Moravia) Italy 1907 – 1990 novelist and journalist
Andy Warhol United States of America 1928 – 1987 painter, film director, film producer Pop Art
Arthur C. Clarke 1917 – 2008 World War I, Interwar period, World War II, Post-war period, Dominion of Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television series host
George Orwell India, Burma, England, France, Spain 1903 – 1950 novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic
Franklin Herbert United States of America 1920 – 1986 novelist New Wave
Gabriel García Márquez Colombia, Mexico 1927 – 2014 novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, journalist Latin American Boom, Magic Realism
Isaac Asimov Russia, United States of America 1920 – 1992 writer, professor
J. D. Salinger United States of America 1919 – 2010 writer
Louis Armstrong United States of America Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era musician, singer
Frida Kahlo Mexico, United States of America 1907 – 1954 painter Surrealism, Magic Realism, Naïve
Michael Joseph Jackson United States of America Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era, Modern day singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης)

Odysseas Elytis (Odysseas Alepoudellis)

Greece, France World War I, Greco-Turkish War, Interwar, World War II, Greek Civil War, Post-war Greece, French Fourth Republic, French Fourth Republic, Military dictatorship in Greece, Third Hellenic Republic poet, essayist, translator Romantic Modernism
Paul Jackson Pollock United States of America Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era painter Abstract Expressionism
Philip Kindred Dick United States of America Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-War Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era novelist, short-story writer, essayist Postmodernism
Primo Michele Levi Italy Kingdom of Italy, World War II, Italian Republic chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer
Ray Douglas Bradbury United States of America Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era writer
Roald Dahl England World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war period novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, fighter pilot
Robert Anson Heinlein United States of America Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era writer, aeronautical engineer, naval officer
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech Spain, France, United States of America Bourbon Restoration in Spain, French Third Republic, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Francoist Spain, Post-Franco Spain painter, photographer, sculptor, writer Cubism, Dada, Surrealism
Thomas Leo Clancy United States of America Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era novelist
Umberto Eco Italy Fascist Italy, World War II, Italian Republic medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, commentator, novelist
Александр Исаевич Солженицын

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

Russia, United States of America Russian Revolution, Soviet Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era in the USA, Russian Federation novelist, essayist, historian
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ

Amrita Sher-Gil

Hungary, India, France Hungarian Republic, Kingdom of Hungary, British Raj, French Third Republic painter
平岡公威 (三島由紀夫)

Hiraoka Kimitake (Mishima Yukio)

Japan Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle novelist, playwright, poet, short-story writer, essayist, critic Romanticism, Aestheticism
查良鏞 (金庸) / Louis Cha

Zha Liangyong (Jin Yong)

China Republic of China, British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China novelist, essayist, newspaper founder, newspaper editor
張愛玲 / Eileen Chang

Chang Ai-ling

China, United States of America Republic of China, British Hong Kong, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, short-story writer
遠藤周作

Endō Shūsaku

Japan Taishō period, Shōwa period, Heisei period writer

19th Century[edit | edit source]

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Achille-Claude Debussy France, Italy Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Kingdom of Italy composer Impressionism
Agatha Christie England Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Postwar era novelist, short-story writer, playwright, poet, memoirist Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Alexandre César Léopold Bizet (Georges Bizet) France, Italy July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, Unification of Italy, French Third Republic composer Romanticism
Alexandre Dumas France First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire novelist, playwright Romanticism, Historical Fiction
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) France First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic novelist, memoirist, journalist Romanticism, Pastoralism
Antonín Leopold Dvořák Bohemia, United States of America Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gilded Age composer Romanticism
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle England Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar writer, physician
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns France July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic composer, organist, conductor, pianist Romanticism
Charles John Huffam Dickens England, United States of America, France Georgian era, Jacksonian democracy, July Monarchy, Victorian era, Reconstruction era writer, social critic
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) England Victorian era writer, illustrator, poet, mathematician, photographer, teacher, inventor
Charles Spencer Chaplin England, United States of America, Switzerland Victorian era, Edwardian era, Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war United States of America, Post-war Switzerland actor, comedian, film director, composer, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Clive Staples Lewis England Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war era novelist, scholar, broadcaster
Edgar Allan Poe United States of America Jeffersonian Era, Era of Good Feelings, Jacksonian Era writer, poet, editor, literary critic
Edvard Munch Norway, Germany, France United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, Wilhelm II, French Third Republic, Interwar Independence of Norway, German occupation of Norway painter Expressionism, Symbolism
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola Italy, France Unification of Italy, Second French Empire, French Third Republic novelist, journalist, playwright, poet Naturalism
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie France Second French Empire, French Third Republic composer, pianist
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc France French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic composer, pianist
Franz Kafka Bohemia Austro-Hungarian Empire, First Czechoslovak Republic novelist, short-story writer, insurance officer Modernism
Gabriele D'Annunzio Italy Kingdom of Italy poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, army officer Decadent Movement
Grant DeVolson Wood United States of America Gilded Age, Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II painter Regionalism
Gustave Flaubert France Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic novelist Realism, Romanticism
Hans Christian Andersen Denmark Denmark–Norway, nationalist and liberalist movements, industrialisation writer
Hamid Aytaç Turkey decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Republic of Turkey calligrapher
Hattat Mehmet Sâmi Efendi Turkey decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire calligrapher
Herbert George Wells England Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar period, World War II, Post-war era novelist, teacher, historian, journalist
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse France Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor Fauvism
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant France French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic novelist, short story writer, poet Naturalism, Realism
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Orange Free State, England Orange Free State, Victorian Era, Edwardian Era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war Era writer, academic, philologist, poet
Joseph Maurice Ravel France French Third Republic composer, pianist, conductor Impressionism
Jules Gabriel Verne France Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic novelist, poet, playwright Avant-garde, Surrealism
Louis-Hector Berlioz France, Italy French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, Unification of Italy, July Monarchy, French Second Republic composer, conductor Romanticism
Mehmed Şevki Efendi Turkey decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire calligrapher
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy Turkey decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish War of Independence, Government of the Grand National Assembly, One-party period of the Republic of Turkey poet, writer, academic, politician The Republican Era
Oscar-Claude Monet France, Algeria July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Algeria, French Third Republic painter Impressionism
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Spain, France Bourbon Restoration in Spain, French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, theatre designer Cubism, Surrealism
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) United States of America Jacksonian Era, Civil War Era, Reconstruction Era, Gilded Age, Progressive Era writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust France French Third Republic novelist, critic, essayist
Victor-Marie Hugo France, Channel Islands French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Victorian Era poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, dramatist Romanticism
Vincent Willem van Gogh Netherlands, France democratic and industrial development in Netherlands, French Third Republic painter Post-Impressionism
Wilhelm Richard Wagner Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, England Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, industrialisation and economic growth in Switzerland, unification of Italy, Second French Empire, German Empire composer, theatre director, polemicist, conductor
Александр Сергеевич Пушкин

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Russia late Russian Empire poet, novelist, playwright Romanticism, Realism
Антон Павлович Чехов

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Russia late Russian Empire physician, short-story writer, playwright Modernism
Владимир Владимирович Набоков

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Russia, Germany, United States of America, Switzerland late Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, World War II in the USA, Post-war Era in the USA, Post-war Switzerland novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist Modernism, Post-Modernism
Иван Сергеевич Тургенев

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

Russia late Russian Empire novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, translator Realism
Лев Николаевич Толстой

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Russia late Russian Empire novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist Realism
Микола Васильович Гоголь / Николай Васильевич Гоголь

Mykola Vasyl'ovych Hohol / Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol'

Ukraine / Russia late Russian Empire Playwright, short-story writer, novelist Surrealism
Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov

Russia late Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Establishment of the USSR, Stalinism novelist, short-story writer, playwright, physician
Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov

Russia late Russian Empire writer, poet, painter Romanticism, Pre-Realism
Пётр Ильич Чайковский

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russia late Russian Empire composer Romanticism
Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Russia late Russian Empire military engineer, novelist, journalist Realism
Νίκος Καζαντζάκης

Nikos Kazantzakis

Greece King George I, World War I, Greco-Turkish War, 11 September 1922 Revolution, Second Hellenic Republic, 4th of August Regime, World War II, Greek Civil War, Post-war Greece writer
অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর

Abanindranath Tagore

India British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India painter Bengal School
নন্দলাল বসু

Nandalal Bose

India British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India painter Contextual Modernism
যামিনী রায়

Jamini Roy

India British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India painter
രാജാ രവിവർമ്മ

Raja Ravi Varma

India Kingdom of Travancore painter
이광수 [李光洙]

Yi Kwang-su

Korea late Joseon period, Korean Empire, Korea under Japanese rule, Provisional Government of Korea, Division of Korea novelist, activist
장승업 [張承業] (오원 [吾園])

Jang Seung-eop (Owon)

Korea late Jeoson period painter
최남선 [崔南善]

Choe Nam-seon

Korea late Joseon period, Korean Empire, Korea under Japanese rule, Provisional Government of Korea, Division of Korea historian, poet, publisher
川端康成

Kawabata Yasunari

Japan Meiji period, Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle novelist, short-story writer, essayist Shinkankakuha
任頤 (任伯年)

Ren Yi (Ren Bonian)

China late Qing dynasty painter Shanghai School
吳昌碩

Wu Changshuo

China late Qing dynasty, Republic of China painter, calligrapher, seal artist Shanghai School
谷崎潤一郎

Tanizaki Jun'ichirō

Japan Meiji period, Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle writer Aestheticism
周樹人 (魯迅)

Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun)

China late Qing dynasty, Republic of China essayist, short-story writer, critic New Culture Movement
夏目金之助 (夏目漱石)

Natsume Kin'nosuke (Natsume Sōseki)

Japan, England Meiji period, Edwardian Era, Taishō period novelist, essayist, critic Yoyūha, Anti-Naturalism
徐悲鴻

Xu Beihong

China, France late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, French Third Republic, socialist transformation painter
張大千

Chang Dai-chien

China late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, Taiwan under martial law, democratic reforms in Taiwan painter Impressionism, Expressionism
齊純芝 (齊白石)

Qi Chunzhi (Qi Baishi)

China late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, socialist transformation painter

18th Century[edit | edit source]

name region period title style link to works
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni Italy Age of Enlightenment, Napoleonic Era, Unification of Italy poet, novelist and philosopher Enlightenment, Romanticism
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix France French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire painter, lithographer Romanticism
Franz Joseph Haydn Austria, England late Holy Roman Empire, Georgian era composer Classicism
Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi Turkey Ottoman Old Regime, decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire composer
Honoré de Balzac France French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic writer, critic, journalist, printer Realism
Jane Austen England Georgian era novelist
Ludwig van Beethoven Germany late Holy Roman Empire composer, pianist Classicism, Romanticism
Mustafa Râkım Turkey Ottoman Old Regime, decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire calligrapher
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Germany, Italy late Holy Roman Empire, Italy in 18th century composer Classicism
신윤복 [申潤福] (혜원 [蕙園])

Sin Yun-bok (Hyewon)

Korea late Joseon period painter
曹雪芹

Cao Xueqin

China middle Qing dynasty novelist, poet, philosopher, painter

17th Century[edit | edit source]

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Italy Age of Enlightenment composer, violinist, teacher, impresario, priest Baroque
Artemisia Gentileschi Italy Counter-Reformation in Italy, economic and social decline in Italy painter Baroque
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) France late Bourbon kings writer, philosopher, historian
Hâfiz Osman Turkey Transformation of the Ottoman Empire calligrapher
Johann Sebastian Bach Germany late Holy Roman Empire composer Baroque
Johannes Vermeer Netherlands Republic of the Seven United Netherlands painter Dutch Golden Age, Baroque
Levnî Abdülcelil Çelebi Turkey Transformation of the Ottoman Empire painter
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn Netherlands Republic of the Seven United Netherlands painter, printmaker, draughtsman Dutch Golden Age, Baroque
김만중 [金萬重]

Kim Man-jung

Korea late Joseon period novelist, politician
王原祁

Wang Yuanqi

China early Qing dynasty, middle Qing dynasty official, painter
王翬

Wang Hui

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty painter
平山藤五 (井原西鶴)

Hirayama Tōgo (Saikaku Ihara)

Japan early Edo period writer Ukiyo-zōshi
石濤

Shitao

China early Qing dynasty monk, calligrapher, painter
朱耷 (八大山人)

Zhu Da (Bada Shanren)

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty painter
吳歷

Wu Li

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty painter, poet, calligrapher
松尾金作 (松尾芭蕉)

Matsuo Kinsaku (Matsuo Bashō)

Japan early Edo period poet Shōfū Haikai
惲壽平

Yun Shouping

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty calligrapher, painter
鄭燮 (鄭板橋)

Zheng Xie (Zheng Banqiao)

China middle Qing dynasty official, painter

16th Century[edit | edit source]

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez Spain, Italy middle Habsburg Spain, Counter-Reformation in Italy painter Baroque
Georges de La Tour France early House of Bourbon painter Baroque
Gerard van Honthorst Netherlands, Italy Eighty Years' War, Counter-Reformation in Itay painter Baroque
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italy Counter-Reformation in Italy sculptor, architect Baroque
Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) Italy Counter-Reformation in Italy painter Baroque
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spain middle Habsburg Spain soldier, tax collector, accountant, purchasing agent for Navy
Peter Paul Rubens Germany, Flanders, Italy, France Reformation in Germany, Eighty Years' War, Counter-Reformation in Italy, middle House of Bourbon painter, diplomat Baroque
Seyyid Kasim Gubari Turkey decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire calligrapher
William Shakespeare England Elizabethan era, Jacobean era playwright. poet. actor English Renaissance
허균 [許筠]

Heo Gyun

Korea middle Joseon period novelist, poet, politician
王時敏

Wang Shimin

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty painter
王鑑

Wang Jian

China late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty painter
吳承恩

Wu Cheng'en

China middle Ming dynasty poet, novelist
董其昌

Dong Qichang

China late Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, politician, art theorist

15th Century[edit | edit source]

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John Dunstaple England late House of Plantagenet composer Burgundian School
Leonardo da Vinci Italy, France Italian Renaissance, Valois-Angoulême painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, architect High Renaissance
Ludovico Ariosto Italy Italian Renaissance poet Renaissance Humanism
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Italy Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet High Renaissance
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Italy Republic of Florence diplomat, author, philosopher, historian
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino Italy Italian Renaissance painter, architect High Renaissance
Şeyh Hamdullah Turkey rise of the Ottoman Empire, Classical Age calligrapher
Дионисий

Dionisius

Russia late Grand Duchy of Moscow painter
김시습 [金時習]

Kim Si-seup

Korea early Joseon period scholar, writer
仇英

Qiu Ying

China middle Ming dynasty painter
文壁 (文徵明)

Wen Bi (Wen Zhengming)

China middle Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, poet Wu School, Southern School
沈周

Shen Zhou

China middle Ming dynasty painter Wu School, Southern School
祝允明 (祝枝山)

Zhu Yunming (Zhu Zhishan)

China middle Ming dynasty calligrapher, poet, writer, scholar-official
徐禎卿

Xu Zhenqing

China middle Ming dynasty writer
唐寅 (唐伯虎)

Tang Yin (Tang Bohu)

China middle Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, poet

14th Century[edit | edit source]

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Francesco Landini Italy middle Republic of Florence composer, organist, singer, poet, instrument maker
Gilles Binchois France middle House of Valois composer Burgundian School
Giovanni Boccaccio Italy middle Republic of Florence writer, poet Renaissance Humanism
Jacopo da Bologna Italy middle Holy Roman Empire
Johannes Ciconia Flanders middle Holy Roman Empire composer, music theorist
Андрей Рублёв

Andrei Rublev

Russia late Eastern Roman Empire, Mongolian Invasion, rise of Muscovy painter
Θεοφάνης ο Έλληνας, Феофан Грек

Theophanes the Greek

Eastern Roman Empire, Russia late Eastern Roman Empire, Mongolian Invasion, rise of Muscovy painter Novgorod School
میرعلی تبریزی‎

Mir Ali Tabrizi

Iran rise of the Timurid Empire, stagnation of the Timurid Empire poet, calligrapher
王蒙

Wang Meng

China Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty painter Southern School
倪瓚

Ni Zan

China Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty painter Southern School
戴進

Dai Jin

China middle Ming dynasty painter Zhe School
羅本 (羅貫中)

Luo Be (Luo Guanzhong)

China Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty writer

13th Century[edit | edit source]

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Adam de la Halle France late House of Capet poet, musician
Dante Alighieri Italy middle Republic of Florence statesman, poet, writer, philosopher, language theorist, political theorist
Guillaume de Machaut France late House of Capet, early House of Valois composer, poet
John Koukouzelis Eastern Roman Empire late Eastern Roman Empire composer, singer
Philippe de Vitry France late House of Capet, early House of Valois composer, music theorist, poet
Piero (Maestro Piero) Italy middle Holy Roman Empire composer
یاقوت مستعصمی

Yaqut al-Musta'simi

Iraq Mongol invasion, Ilkhanate calligrapher
일연 [一然]

Il-yeon

Korea Goryeo military regime, Mongol invasions, late Goryeo monk, writer
王實甫

Wang Shifu

China Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty playwright
白樸 (白仁甫)

Bai Pu (Bai Renfu)

China Jurchen Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty playwright
吳鎮

Wu Zhen

China Yuan dynasty painter Southern School
施耐庵

Shi Nai'an

China Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty writer, teacher
黃公望

Huang Gongwang

China Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty painter, poet, writer
趙孟頫

Zhao Mengfu

China Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty calligrapher, painter, scholar
喬吉

Qiao Ji

China Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty playwright
鄭光祖

Zheng Guangzu

China Yuan dynasty playwright
關漢卿

Guan Hanqing

China Jurchen Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty playwright, poet

12th Century[edit | edit source]

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Léonin France middle House of Capet composer ars antiqua
Pérotin France middle House of Capet composer ars antiqua
Walther von der Vogelweide Germany middle Holy Roman Empire lyrical poet
辛棄疾

Xin Qiji

China Southern Song dynasty calligrapher, general, poet
范成大

Fan Chengda

China Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty geographer, poet, politician
陸游

Lu You

China Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty historian, poet
楊萬里

Yang Wanli

China Southern Song dynasty poet, politician

11th Century[edit | edit source]

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Hildegard von Bingen Germany Holy Roman Empire in High Middle Ages abbess, writer, composer, philosopher
Peter Abelard France middle House of Capet philosopher, logician, theologian, poet, composer, musician
أم محمد فخر النساء شهدة بنت أحمد الإبري الدينوري البغدادية

Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah Umm Muhammad al-Baghdadiyyah

Iraq Buyid and Seljuq control scholar, calligrapher
王安石

Wang Anshi

China Northern Song dynasty economist, philosopher, poet, politician Classical Prose Movement
李清照

Li Qingzhao

China Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty poet, essayist
米芾

Mi Fu

China Northern Song dynasty painter, poet, calligrapher
歐陽修

Ouyang Xiu

China Northern Song dynasty essayist, historian, poet, calligrapher, politician, epigrapher Classical Prose Movement
黃庭堅

Huang Tingjian

China Northern Song dynasty calligrapher, painter, poet
曾鞏

Zeng Gong

China Northern Song dynasty essayist, historian, poet, politician, writer Classical Prose Movement
蔡襄

Cai Xiang

China middle Song dynasty calligrapher, politician, structural engineer, poet
蘇洵

Su Xun

China Northern Song dynasty writer
蘇軾 (蘇東坡)

Su Shi (Su Dongpo)

China Northern Song dynasty poet, writer, politician, calligrapher, painter, pharmacologist, gastronome
蘇轍

Su Zhe

China Northern Song dynasty essayist, historian, poet, politician

10th Century[edit | edit source]

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ابن البواب‎

Ibn al-Bawwab

Iraq Buyid and Seljuq control calligrapher, illuminator
巨然

Juran

Chiina Southern Tang kingdom, Northern Song dynasty painter
范仲淹

Fan Zhongyan

China Northern Song dynasty poet, politician, philosopher, writer, military strategist
清少納言

Sei Shōnagon

Japan middle Heian period writer, poet, lady-in-waiting
董源

Dong Yuan

China Southern Tang kingdom, Northern Song dynasty painter, official Southern School
紫式部

Murasaki Shikibu

Japan middle Heian period novelist, poet, lady-in-waiting
關仝

Guan Tong

China late Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period painter Northern School

9th Century[edit | edit source]

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أبو علي محمد بن علي ابن مقلة‎

Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla

Iraq fracture of Abbasid Caliphate vizier, calligrapher
최치원 [崔致遠]

Choe Chiwon

Korea late Unified Silla philosopher, poet
李商隱

Li Shangyin

China late Tang dynasty poet, politician
杜牧

Du Mu

China late Tang dynasty poet
荆浩

Jing Hao

China late Tang dynasty, Later Liang dynasty painter, art theorist

8th Century[edit | edit source]

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元稹

Yuan Zhen

China middle Tang dynasty novelist, poet, politician New Yuefu Movement
白居易

Bai Juyi

China middle Tang dynasty poet, official New Yuefu Movement
杜甫

Du Fu

China middle Tang dynasty poet, politician
李白

Li Bai

China middle Tang dynasty poet
周昉

Zhou Fang

China middle Tang dynasty painter
柳公權

Liu Gongquan

China middle Tang dynasty calligrapher
柳宗元

Liu Zongyuan

China middle Tang dynasty writer, politician, poet Classical Prose Movement
張萱

Zhang Xuan

China middle Tang dynasty painter
劉禹錫

Liu Yuxi

China middle Tang dynasty poet, philosopher, essayist
韓愈

Han Yu

China middle Tang dynasty scholar, poet, official Classical Prose Movement
韓幹

Han Gan

China middle Tang dynasty painter
顏真卿

Yan Zhenqing

China middle Tang dynasty calligrapher, military general, politician

7th Century[edit | edit source]

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王勃

Wang Bo

China early Tang dynasty poet
王維

Wang Wei

China middle Tang dynasty poet, musician, painter, politician Southern School
吳道子

Wu Daozi

China middle Tang dynasty painter
陳子昂

Chen Zi'ang

China early Tang dynasty poet, politician
楊炯

Yang Jiong

China early Tang dynasty poet
駱賓王

Luo Binwang

China early Tang dynasty poet
盧照鄰

Lu Zhaolin

China early Tang dynasty poet

6th Century[edit | edit source]

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ያሬድ

Yared

Ethiopia middle Kingdom of Aksum composer
歐陽詢

Ouyang Xun

Chiina Southern Chen dynasty, early Tang dynasty calligrapher, politician, writer

5th Century[edit | edit source]

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4th Century[edit | edit source]

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王獻之

Wang Xianzhi

China Western Jin dynasty, Eastern Jin dynasty calligrapher, politician
王羲之

Wang Xizhi

China Western Jin dynasty, Eastern Jin dynasty calligrapher, politician, writer
陶潛 (陶淵明)

Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming)

China Eastern Jin dynasty, Liu Song dynasty poet, politician
顧愷之

Gu Kaizhi

China Eastern Jin dynasty painter

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Decimus Junius Juvenalis Rome early Roman Empire poet
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Rome Julio-Claudian dynasty, Year of the Four Emperors, Flavian dynasty, Year of the Five Emperors, Nerva–Antonine dynasty lawyer, author, magistrate

1st Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Gaius Valerius Catullus Rome late Roman Republic poet Neoteric
Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor Rome Julio-Claudian dynasty philosopher, statesman, dramatist
Publius Ovidius Naso Rome Julio-Claudian dynasty poet
Publius Vergilius Maro Rome late Roman Republic, Julio-Claudian dynasty poet Augustan
Quintus Horatius Flaccus Rome late Roman Republic, Julio-Claudian dynasty lyric poet

2nd Century BC[edit | edit source]

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3rd Century BC[edit | edit source]

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4th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Μένανδρος

Menandros

Greece Classical Greece, Hellenistic Greece dramatist New Comedy
屈原

Qu Yuan

Chu Warring States poet, politician

5th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Ἀριστοφάνης

Aristophanes

Greece Classical Greece comic playwright Old Comedy
Ευριπίδης

Euripides

Greece Archaic Greece tragedian
Σοφοκλῆς

Sophocles

Greece Archaic Greece tragedian

6th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Αἰσχύλος

Aiskhylos

Greece Archaic Greece tragedian, soldier
Πίνδαρος

Pindaros

Greece Archaic Greece lyric poet

7th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Αἴσωπος

Aisopos

Greece Archaic Greece fabulist, storyteller
Σαπφώ

Sappho

Greece Archaic Greece poet

8th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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Ἡσίοδος

Hesiodos

Greece Archaic Greece poet
Ὅμηρος

Homeros

Greece Greek Dark Ages, Archaic Greece poet

9th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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10th Century BC[edit | edit source]

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