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Abdullah Yusuf AliAuthor · BooksAbdullah Yusuf Ali (14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an.
Ag ApolloniAuthor · BooksAg Apolloni (language; born 13 June 1982) is an Albanian writer, poet, playwright, essayist, and scholar. He is a professor at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo.
Agapius of HierapolisAuthor · BooksAgapius of Hierapolis, also called Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn (died after 942), was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij in Syria.
Ahmed Raza Khan BarelviAuthor · BooksAhmad Raza Khan Barelvi (14 June 1856 – 28 October 1921) was an Indian Islamic scholar who is considered as one of the founders of the Barelvi movement.
Alexandros Rizos RangavisAuthor · BooksAlexandros Rizos Rangavis or Alexander Rizos Rakgabis (Alexandre Rizos Rangabé; 27 December 180928 June 1892), was a Greek man of letters, poet and statesman.
Ana Maria MachadoAuthor · BooksAna Maria Machado (born 24 December 1941) is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha.
Anagarika GovindaAuthor · BooksAnagarika Govinda was a German and Swedish writer, painter, scholar, cleric, artist and monk (1898–1985). He was born in Waldheim and died in Mill Valley.
Apollonius of RhodesAuthor · BooksApollonius of Rhodes (Apollṓnios o Rhódios; Apollonius Rhodius; fl. First half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and…
Ayn al-Quzat HamadaniAuthor · BooksAyn-al-Qużāt Hamadānī, also spelled Ain-al Quzat Hame
Bai RenfuAuthor · Books1226−1306), also known as Bai Pu (Chinese: 白朴; pinyin: Bái Pǔ; Wade–Giles: Pai P'u or Po P'u), was a Chinese playwright of the Yuan dyna
Bhai Vir SinghAuthor · BooksBhai Vir Singh was an Indian poet, writer, novelist, scholar and theologian (1872–1957). He was born in Amritsar.
ChandidasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Way to Chandidas Bhita at Nanoor
Chögyam TrungpaArtist · PaintingsChögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987), formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu…
Dimitrios VikelasAuthor · BooksDemetrios Vikelas (Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας [viˈcelas]; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer;
EinhardAuthor · BooksEinhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; E(g)inhardus; c. 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier.
Elihan Tore SaghuniAuthor · BooksElihan Tore Saghuni (21 March 1884 – 28 February 1976) was an Uzbek political and religious leader who served as the president of the Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946).
Evgenios VoulgarisAuthor · BooksEugenios Voulgaris or Boulgaris (1716–1806) was a Greek Orthodox cleric, author, educator, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher.
Félix ThiollierPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Félix Thiollier (ca.
Frei BettoAuthor · BooksCarlos Alberto Libânio Christo (born 1944), better known as Frei Betto, is a Brazilian writer, political activist, philosopher, liberation theologian, and Dominican friar.
Gabriele RossettiAuthor · BooksGabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti (28 February 1783 – 24 April 1854) was an Italian nobleman, poet, constitutionalist, scholar, and founder of the secret society Carbonari.
Gao QiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gao Qi
Geeta TripatheeAuthor · BooksGeeta Tripathee (born 28 June 1972) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar.
Gion NankaiArtist · PaintingsGion Nankai, originally Gion Yu (祇園南海; 1676, Edo - 26 October 1751, Edo) was a Japanese confucianist, author and painter in the nanga style.
Giovanni Battista RamusioAuthor · Maps and atlasesGiovanni Battista Ramusio (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista raˈmuːzjo; July 20, 1485 – July 10, 1557) was an Italian geographer and travel writer.
Giovanni Mario CrescimbeniAuthor · BooksGiovanni Mario Crescimbeni (Latinized as Ioannes Maria Crescimbenus, 9 October 1663 – 8 March 1728) was an Italian critic and poet.
Haraprasad ShastriAuthor · BooksHara Prasad Shastri (6 December 1853 – 17 November 1931), also known as Hara Prasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature.
Heiric of AuxerreAuthor · BooksHeiric of Auxerre (841–876) was a French Benedictine theologian and writer. An oblate of the abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre, he studied with Lupus Servatus and Haimo of Auxerre.
Héloïse d’ArgenteuilAuthor · BooksHéloïse (French: [elɔ.iz]; c. 1101 – 16 May 1164), variously Héloïse d'Argenteuil or Héloïse du Paraclet, was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess.
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and VauxAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sir Henry Brougham by John Adams Acton 1867
Hu ShihAuthor · Books
Ibn al-QūṭiyyaAuthor · BooksIbn al-Qūṭiyya (ابن القوطية, died 6 November 977), born Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʾIbrāhīm ibn ʿIsā ibn Muzāḥim (محمد ابن عمر ابن عبد العزيز ابن إبراهيم ابن عيسى ابن مزاحم),…
Ibn QutaybahAuthor · BooksAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī (Ibn Qutaybah; c.
Ibn TaymiyyahAuthor · BooksIbn Taymiyya (22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328)[9] was a Sunni Muslim scholar,[10] jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafist theologian and iconoclast.
Ibn WahshiyyaAuthor · BooksIbn Waḥshiyya, died c. 930, was a Nabataean (Aramaic-speaking, rural Iraqi) agriculturalist, toxicologist, and alchemist born in Qussīn, near Kufa in Iraq.
Imad ad-Din al-IsfahaniAuthor · BooksMuhammad ibn Hamid (1125 – 20 June 1201), commonly known as Imad al-Din al-Isfahani, was a historian, scholar, and rhetorician.
Imdadullah Muhajir MakkiAuthor · BooksImdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817 – 1899) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who was affiliated with the Deoband Madrasah movement.
Jean MabillonAuthor · BooksDom Jean Mabillon, (ʒɑ̃ mabijɔ̃; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur.
Jean-Jacques BoissardAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Boissard (1528 – 30 October 1602) was an antiquary and Neo-Latin poet.
Jia YiAuthor · BooksJia Yi (Wade–Giles: Chia I; c. 200 – 169 BCE) was a Chinese essayist, poet and politician of the Western Han dynasty, best known as one of the earliest known writers of fu rhapsody and for…
John ArgyropoulosAuthor · BooksJohn Argyropoulos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος Ioannis Argyropoulos; Italian: Giovanni Argiropulo; surname also spelt Argyropulus, or Argyropulos, or Argyropulo; c.
John FlorioAuthor · BooksGiovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English humanist, linguist, writer, translator, lexicographer, and language tutor.
John GeometresAuthor · BooksJohn Geometres or Kyriotes (2nd half of 10th century), was a Byzantine poet, soldier, and monk. He is one of the main literary figures of the Macedonian Renaissance.
José CadalsoAuthor · BooksJosé de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782) was a Spanish soldier, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the major authors of Spanish Enlightenment literature.
Kaspar von StielerPerson · Film memorabiliaKaspar von Stieler (2 August 1632 – 24 June 1707), also called Caspar Stieler, was a soldier-poet and later a linguist.
Kerala Varma Valiya Koil ThampuranAuthor · BooksKerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran; (19 February 1845 – 22 September 1914) also spelt Kerala Varma Valiya Koilthampuran and known as Kerala Varma, was a Malayalam - language poet and…
Kostandin KristoforidhiAuthor · BooksKostandin Nelko (22 May 1827 – 7 March 1895), known as Kostandin Kristoforidhi, was an Albanian translator and scholar of Greek descent.
Laurens ReaelAuthor · BooksLaurens Reael (22 October 1583 – 21 October 1637) was an employee of the Dutch East India Company, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1616 to 1619, and an admiral of the Dutch…
Le Quy DonAuthor · BooksLê Quý Đôn (chữ Hán: (黎; 2 August 1726 – 11 June 1784), Lê Danh Phương, also known by his pen names Doãn Hậu 允, and Quế Đường 桂 was an 18th-century Vietnamese poet, encyclopedist, and…
Li JieDesigner · DesignLi Jie was an architect, writer and scholar (1035–1110). He was born in Xinzheng.
Liu XiangAuthor · Books
Lorenzo MagalottiAuthor · BooksLorenzo Magalotti (24 October 1637 – 2 March 1712) was an Italian philosopher, writer, diplomat and poet.
Lü DongbinAuthor · Books
Luigi CornaroDesigner · DesignAlvise Cornaro, often Italianised Luigi (1484, 1467 or 1464 – 8 May 1566), was a Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of Discorsi (published 1583–1595)…
Manuel de Faria e SousaAuthor · BooksManuel de Faria e Sousa (Manuel de Faría y Sosa; 18 March 1590 – 3 June 1649) was a Portuguese historian and poet who frequently wrote in Spanish.
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'ArconvilleIllustrator · IllustrationMarie Geneviève Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville (née Darlus, also known as la présidente Thiroux d’Arconville and Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville) (17 October 1720 – 23 December 1805), was a…
Martin SzentiványiAuthor · BooksMartin Szentiványi (born in Szentiván, present-day Liptovský Ján, 20 October 1633 and died in Nagyszombat, present-day Trnava, 5 March 1708) was a polymathic Hungarian Jesuit writer and…
Matthias QuadEngraver · PrintsMatthias Quad (1557–1613) was an engraver and cartographer from Cologne. He was the first European mapmaker to use dotted lines to indicate international borders.
Michael ApostoliusAuthor · BooksMichael Apostolius (c. 1420 in Constantinople – after 1474 or 1486, possibly in Venetian Crete) or Apostolius Paroemiographus, i.e.
Moshe Leib LilienblumAuthor · BooksMoshe Leib Lilienblum (October 22, 1843, in Keidany, Kovno Governorate – February 12, 1910, in Odessa) was a Jewish scholar and author. He also used the pseudonym Zelophehad Bar-Hushim.
Müneccimbaşı Ahmed DedeAuthor · BooksAhmed Lütfullah (early 17th century – 27 February 1702), better known by his court title of Münejjim Bashi (Müneccimbaşı;
NahmanidesAuthor · BooksMoses ben Nachman (Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses, son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary…
Nora Marks DauenhauerAuthor · BooksNora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska.
Ouyang XiuAuthor · Books
Pablo de CéspedesDesigner · DesignPablo de Céspedes (1538 – July 26, 1608) was a Spanish painter, poet, and architect.
Pedro Vicente MaldonadoAuthor · Maps and atlasesPedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who…
Petrus GylliusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Title page of Petrus Gyllius' 1535 translation of Aelian.
Polly Lada-MocarskiDesigner · Modern designLaura "Polly" Lada-Mocarski (born Laura Mitchell Klots; 1 November 1902 – 5 September 1997) was an American craftsperson, rare book scholar, bookbinder, book preservationist, educator, and…
Prudens van DuyseAuthor · BooksPrudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse (Dendermonde, 17 September 1804 – Ghent, 13 November 1859) was a Flemish writer.
Qu YouAuthor · BooksQu You (1341–1427), courtesy name Zongji (宗吉) and self-nicknamed Cunzhai (存齋, "Reading Studio of Existence"), was a Chinese novelist who lived in the Ming dynasty, and whose works inspired…
Rai San'yoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Rai San'yō (Kyoto University Museum)
Raja Ali HajiAuthor · BooksRaja Ali Haji bin Raja Haji Ahmad (1808–1873) was a 19th-century Bugis-Malay historian, poet and scholar who wrote Tuhfal al-Nafis.[1][2] Haji has been described as one of the most…
Ruan YuanAuthor · Books
Salih al-FawzanAuthor · BooksSheikh Sāleḥ bin Fawzān bin ‘Abd Allāh al-Fawzān (born 28 September 1935) is a Saudi Islamic scholar who is the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, serving since 22 October…
Shaikh Inayat Allah KambohAuthor · BooksShaikh Inayat-Allah Kamboh (1608–1671) was a Punjabi Muslim scholar, writer and historian during the Mughal era.
Song LianArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Portrait of Song Lian by Gu Jianlong
Sylvester HouédardAuthor · BooksDom Pierre-Sylvester Houédard (16 February 1924 – 15 January 1992), also known by the initials "dsh", was a British Benedictine priest, theologian and noted concrete poet.
Takuan SōhōArtist · PaintingsTakuan Sōhō (沢庵宗彭; December 24, 1573 – January 27, 1645) was a Japanese Buddhist prelate during the Sengoku and early Edo Periods of Japanese history.
Talib JauhariAuthor · BooksTalib Jauhari (27 August 1939 – 21 June 2020) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, Shia Zaakir, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam.
Thomas William Rhys DavidsAuthor · BooksThomas William Rhys Davids (12 May 1843 – 27 December 1922) was a Welsh scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society.
UmaswatiAuthor · BooksVācaka Umāsvāti, also spelled as Vācaka Umasvati and known as Vācaka Umāsvāmī, was an Indian scholar, possibly between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE, known for his foundational writings on…
Unnayi VariyarAuthor · BooksUnnayi Warrier was a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in Thiruvananthapuram, India during the 17th/18th century.
Vincent VoitureAuthor · BooksIllustration — Vincent Voiture by Philippe de Champaigne
Viswanatha KavirajaAuthor · BooksViśvanātha Kavirāja, most widely known for his masterpiece in aesthetics, Sāhityadarpaṇa, was a prolific poet, scholar, and rhetorician who worked during the reigns of two successive…
Wang FuAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ink Bamboo, Palace Museum, 1401
Wang GuxiangArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Wang Guxiang
William TyndaleAuthor · BooksWilliam Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall; c. 1494 – October 1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant…
Wu Cheng'enAuthor · Books
Zhu ZiqingAuthor · Books

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