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| 113179394 | Shakespeare | best known Renaissance writer and most widely read writer in history his plays in particular capture the worldly spirit of the Renaissance: "Romeo and Juliet" "Julius Caesar" "Hamlet" "MacBeth" | 0 | |
| 113179395 | Leonardo da Vinci | often called the true "Renaissance man" he was a scientist, an inventor, and called by some the greatest painter of all time his "Mona Lisa" and "Last Supper" are among the most identifiable works of art in history | 1 | |
| 113179396 | Botticelli | italian artist his subjects "The Birth of Venus" and "Primevera" expressed the classical interests of Renaissance artist | 2 | |
| 113179397 | Raphael | third of the "Big Three" of the Renaissance this painter best blended the styles of Christian and Classical art his "School of Athens" perfectly states the Renaissance love of Classical ideas | 3 | |
| 113179398 | Cerveates | father of Spanish literature his "Don Quixote" is the best known example of Spanish literature in the world he mocks he antiquated Medieval notions | 4 | |
| 113179399 | Dante | late Medieval Italian writer his "Divine Trilogy" about a journey through heaven, purgatory and hells is considered a precursor to the Renaissance | 5 | |
| 113179400 | Chaucer | late Medieval english writer and forerunner to the Renaissance wrote the "Canterbury Tales" | 6 | |
| 113179401 | Michelangelo | greatest sculptor of the Renaissance ("Pieta" and "David") but possible best known for his paintings in the Sistine Chapel in Rome great architect who designed the dome of St. Peters in Rome | 7 | |
| 113179402 | Giotto | considered one of the pioneers of the Renaissance painting and style in sculpture by creating an illusion of depth in his work, called perspective | 8 | |
| 113179403 | Brueghel | Flemish painter best-known for his paintings of peasant life "The Harvesters" "Peasant Wedding" | 9 | |
| 113179404 | Castiglione | wrote "The Book of the Courtier," a manual of good behavior, the Renaissance ideal included proper behavior | 10 | |
| 113179405 | Valla | one of the few examples of Christian humanism among Italian Renaissance figures he exposed the "Donation of Constantine" as a forgery further challenging the supremacy of the papacy | 11 | |
| 113179406 | Machiavelli | Italian writer and statesman most famous work "The Prince" is considered the beginning of modern political science tried to examine the realities of politics another work "The Discourses" is more idealistic and longs for a more moral state | 12 | |
| 113179407 | Donatella | great sculptor of the High Renaissance revived many of the classical Greek forms in his work known for his bronze "David" and mounted "condottieri" called "Gattamelata" | 13 | |
| 113179408 | Petrarch | known as the "father of humanism" he began the translation of the ancient Latin texts best known original works were his "Sonnets to Laura" | 14 | |
| 113179409 | Erasmus | known as the "scholar of Europe" this Dutch humanist tried to lead a reform movement within the Church origins of Christian humanism "The Praise of Folly" | 15 | |
| 113179410 | Titan | most important of the venetian artists of the Renaissance the Venetian school of color "Sacred and Profane Love" | 16 | |
| 113179411 | Sir Thomas More | great English humanist his "Utopia" contrast with Machiavelli's "The Prince" he describes the state as it should be put to death for refusing to support Henry VIII's split with the Catholic Church | 17 |
