16th-century letter writers

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)

Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)

queen consort of Navarre (1492–1549)

Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer (1492-1556)

Russian letter writer

German noblewoman (1512-1554)

Italian author

Illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England

actor, playwright

Poet and Greek language scholar

Dutch botanist (1550-1605)

German woman executed for witchcraft

daughter of Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé and Anne de Pisseleu

French writer (1548-1606)