Category
page 116th-century German male writers
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
Philipp Melanchthon
German reformer (1497-1560)
Georgius Agricola
German mineralogist (1494-1555)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)
Jakob Böhme
German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)
Thomas Müntzer
early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War
Ulrich von Hutten
German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)
Martin Waldseemüller
German cartographer
Sebastian Brant
German humanist and satirist
Hans Sachs
German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker (1494–1576)
Johann Reuchlin
German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew (1455-1522)
Petrus Apianus
German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (1495-1552)
Martin Bucer
Protestant reformer
Anton Praetorius
German pastor
Johannes Trithemius
German writer
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
Michael Stifel
German mathematician
Matthias Flacius
Croatian theologian (1520–1575)
Michael Maestlin
German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)
Johann Eck
German theologian
Johannes Bugenhagen
German theologian; (1485-1558)
Conrad Celtes
German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508)
Erasmus Reinhold
German astronomer and mathematician
Andreas Libavius
16th century German doctor and chemist
Otto Brunfels
German botanist and theologian (1488-1534)
Andreas Karlstadt
German theologian (1480 ca-1541)
Johannes Schöner
German mathematician, astronomer, cartographer & publisher (1477–1547)
Johann Fischart
German writer (1546-1591)
Hans Staden
German conquistador
Johannes Agricola
Reformer, humanist (1494-1566)
Valerius Cordus
German physician, botanist, and author (1515-1544)
Rudolph Goclenius
German philosopher (1547-1628)
Caspar Schwenckfeld
German theologian
Adam Ries
German mathematician
Andreas Osiander
German Protestant reformer, 1498-1552
Konrad Peutinger
German historian
Caspar Peucer
German physician (1525-1602)
Johannes Werner
German mathematician
Johannes Brenz
German church reformer
Zacharias Ursinus
German theologian (1534–1583)
Joachim Camerarius
German humanist, polymath and poet (1500-1574)
Heinrich Khunrath
German scientist
Johann von Staupitz
Augustinian prior
Nicolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian and Protestant reformer (1483-1565)
Adam Lonitzer
German physician and botanist (1528-1586)
Kaspar Olevianus
German Reformed theologian (1536-1587)
Georg Braun
German cleric, canon, dean
Heinrich Bünting
German clergyman and cartographer
Valentin Weigel
German theologian
Thomas Murner
German writer (1475-1537)
Konrad Pellikan
Old Testament scholar and a correspondent of Desiderius Erasmus
Georg Wickram
German writer
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus
German astronomer and mathematician
Johannes Pfefferkorn
German theologian
Augustin Hirschvogel
16th century German artist, mathematician, and cartographer (1503-1553)
Paul Eber
German Lutheran theologian
Sethus Calvisius
German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher
Jakob Andreae
German lutheran theologian (1528-1590)