Monk, poet, mystic, A Carmelite monk, founder of the Discalced Carmelites, an ascetic order, he is both one of the great mystic writers and a formative influence in Spanish literature.
| 1519–1589 | Catherine de' Medici |
| 1525–1562 | Laelius Socinus |
| 1585–1642 | Armand Richelieu |
| 1552–1618 | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1492–1549 | Margaret of Angouleme |
| 1491–1556 | St. Ignatius of Loyola |
| 1585–1638 | Cornelius Jansen |
| 1583–1648 | Edward Herbert |
| 1578–1657 | William Harvey |
| 1524–1583 | Thomas Erastus |
| 1490–1546 | Sir Thomas Elyot |
| c. 1572–1631 | John Donne |
| 1504–1575 | Heinrich Bullinger |
| 1548–1600 | Giordano Bruno |
| 1575–1624 | Jacob Böhme |
