El Greco

El Greco

male, deceased (1614)
El Greco was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He usually signed his paintings in Greek letters with his full name,...
Jacob ben Asher

Jacob ben Asher

male, deceased (1340)
Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew "Ya'akov ben Asher", (1270-ca 1340) was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. He is often referred to as the "Baal...
Reccared

Reccared

male, deceased (601)
The Visigothic king Reccared was the younger son of Liuvigild by his first marriage. Like his father, Reccared had his capital at Toledo. The...
Gerard Of Cremona

Gerard Of Cremona

male, deceased (1187)
Gerard of Cremona (Italian: Gerardo da Cremona; Latin: Gerardus Cremonensis; c. 1114 - 1187), was an Italian translator of Arabic scientific works....
Abraham Ibn Daud

Abraham Ibn Daud

male, deceased (1180)
Abraham ibn Daud was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Toledo, Spain about 1110; died, according to common report, a...
Jacob Berab

Jacob Berab

male, deceased (1546)
Jacob Berab, also Jacob Berav, Yaakov Berav, Yaakov Bei Rav, Talmudist and rabbi; born at Moqueda near Toledo, Spain, in 1474; died at Safed April...
Alfonso Salmeron

Alfonso Salmeron

male, deceased (1585)
Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmeron (September 8, 1515 - February 13, 1585) was a biblical scholar and one of the first Jesuits.
Juan de Mariana

Juan de Mariana

male, deceased (1624)
Juan de Mariana, was a Spanish historian, member of the Monarchomachs. He studied at the Complutense University of Alcalá de Henares, and was a...
Francisco Pacheco

Francisco Pacheco

male, deceased (1654)
Francisco Pacheco was a Spanish painter, best known as the teacher of Diego Velázquez and Alonso Cano, and for his textbook on painting that is an i...

Sancho II of Castile

male, deceased (1072)
Sancho II, called the Strong, or in Spanish, el Fuerte, was King of Castile (1065-1072) and León (1072). He was the eldest son of Ferdinand I of C...