William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased (1616)
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

male, deceased (1593)
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...
Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

male, deceased (1992)
Francis Bacon was an Irish figurative painter. He was a collateral descendant of the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon. His artwork is well...
Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker

male, deceased (1632)
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 - August 25 1632) was an Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer whose career spanned several...
Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe

male, deceased (1600)
Thomas Nashe was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. He was the son of the minister William Nashe and his wife Margaret (née W...
Thomas Heywood

Thomas Heywood

male, deceased (1641)
Thomas Heywood (early 1570s-16 August1641) was a prominent English playwright, actor and miscellaneous author whose peak period of activity falls...
John Marston

John Marston

male, deceased (1634)
John Marston was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Although his career as a writer lasted...
James I of England

James I of England

male, deceased (1625)
James Stuart was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567,...
Thomas Morley

Thomas Morley

male, deceased (1602)
Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 - October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost member of...
Philip Henslowe

Philip Henslowe

male, deceased (1616)
Philip Henslowe (ca. 1550 - January 6, 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario. Henslowe's modern reputation rests on the...