Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Most-Famous-Non–Contemporary-Artists

This is a list of artists (including writers, musicians, etc.) in different times around the world.

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20^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Albert Camus	Algeria, France	French Algeria, French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic	philosopher, author, journalist	Absurdism	https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Albert%20Camus%29
Alberto Pincherle (Alberto Moravia)	Italy	Kingdom of Italy, World War II, Italian Republic	novelist and journalist
Andy Warhol	United States of America	Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-War Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era	painter, film director, film producer	Pop Art	https://www.wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Andy%20Warhol%29
Arthur Charles Clarke	England, Sri Lanka	World War I, Interwar period, World War II, Post-war period, Dominion of Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television series host
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell)	India, Burma, England, France, Spain	British Raj, British rule in Burma, Interwar, French Third Republic, Spanish Civil War, World War II, Post-war Britain	novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:George_Orwell https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28George%20Orwell%29
Franklin Patrick Herbert	United States of America	Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-War Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era	novelist	New Wave
Gabriel García Márquez	Colombia, Mexico	Liberal and Conservative Conflict, National Front regime, "Revolution to evolution", Economic crisis in Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox Quesada, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Enrique Peña Nieto	novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, journalist	Latin American Boom, Magic Realism	https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Gabriel%20Garc%C3%ADa%20M%C3%A1rquez%29
Isaac Asimov	Russia, United States of America	Russian Revolution, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era	writer, professor
Jerome David Salinger	United States of America	World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era, modern day	writer		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28J.%20D.%20Salinger%29
Louis Daniel Armstrong	United States of America	Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era	musician, singer		https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56B9E8A382FE7CFA https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Louis%20Armstrong%29
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón	Mexico, United States of America	Mexican Revolution, Consolidation of revolution, Great Depression, Consolidation of revolution, "Revolution to evolution"	painter	Surrealism, Magic Realism, Naïve	https://www.wikiart.org/en/frida-kahlo
Michael Joseph Jackson	United States of America	Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era, Modern day	singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL08865B6758432FE8 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Michael%20Jackson%29
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης) Odysseas Elytis (Odysseas Alepoudellis)	Greece, France	World War I, Greco-Turkish War, Interwar, World War II, Greek Civil War, Post-war Greece, French Fourth Republic, French Fourth Republic, Military dictatorship in Greece, Third Hellenic Republic	poet, essayist, translator	Romantic Modernism
Paul Jackson Pollock	United States of America	Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era	painter	Abstract Expressionism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/jackson-pollock
Philip Kindred Dick	United States of America	Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-War Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era	novelist, short-story writer, essayist	Postmodernism
Primo Michele Levi	Italy	Kingdom of Italy, World War II, Italian Republic	chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Primo%20Levi%29
Ray Douglas Bradbury	United States of America	Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era	writer
Roald Dahl	England	World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war period	novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, fighter pilot		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Roald%20Dahl%29
Robert Anson Heinlein	United States of America	Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era	writer, aeronautical engineer, naval officer
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech	Spain, France, United States of America	Bourbon Restoration in Spain, French Third Republic, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war Era, Francoist Spain, Post-Franco Spain	painter, photographer, sculptor, writer	Cubism, Dada, Surrealism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/salvador-dali
Thomas Leo Clancy	United States of America	Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era	novelist
Umberto Eco	Italy	Fascist Italy, World War II, Italian Republic	medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, commentator, novelist		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Umberto%20Eco%29
Александр Исаевич Солженицын Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn	Russia, United States of America	Russian Revolution, Soviet Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era in the USA, Russian Federation	novelist, essayist, historian		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Aleksandr%20Solzhenitsyn%29
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ Amrita Sher-Gil	Hungary, India, France	Hungarian Republic, Kingdom of Hungary, British Raj, French Third Republic	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/amrita-sher-gil
平岡公威 (三島由紀夫) Hiraoka Kimitake (Mishima Yukio)	Japan	Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle	novelist, playwright, poet, short-story writer, essayist, critic	Romanticism, Aestheticism
查良鏞 (金庸) / Louis Cha Zha Liangyong (Jin Yong)	China	Republic of China, British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	novelist, essayist, newspaper founder, newspaper editor		http://www.haodoo.net/?M=hd&P=martial
張愛玲 / Eileen Chang Chang Ai-ling	China, United States of America	Republic of China, British Hong Kong, Post-war Era, Civil Rights Era, Reagan Era, Post-Cold War Era	novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, short-story writer
遠藤周作 Endō Shūsaku	Japan	Taishō period, Shōwa period, Heisei period	writer

19^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Achille-Claude Debussy	France, Italy	Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Kingdom of Italy	composer	Impressionism	https://www.classiccat.net/debussy_c/index.php
Agatha Christie	England	Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Postwar era	novelist, short-story writer, playwright, poet, memoirist	Golden Age of Detective Fiction	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Agatha_Mary_Clarissa_Christie https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Agatha%20Christie%29
Alexandre César Léopold Bizet (Georges Bizet)	France, Italy	July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, Unification of Italy, French Third Republic	composer	Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/bizet_g/index.php
Alexandre Dumas	France	First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire	novelist, playwright	Romanticism, Historical Fiction	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Alexandre_Dumas https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/492 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Alexandre%20Dumas%29
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand)	France	First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	novelist, memoirist, journalist	Romanticism, Pastoralism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:George_Sand https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28George%20Sand%29
Antonín Leopold Dvořák	Bohemia, United States of America	Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gilded Age	composer	Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/dvorak_a/index.php
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle	England	Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar	writer, physician		https://sherlock-holm.es/ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Arthur_Conan_Doyle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns	France	July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	composer, organist, conductor, pianist	Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/saint-saens_c/index.php
Charles John Huffam Dickens	England, United States of America, France	Georgian era, Jacksonian democracy, July Monarchy, Victorian era, Reconstruction era	writer, social critic		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Charles%20Dickens%29
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)	England	Victorian era	writer, illustrator, poet, mathematician, photographer, teacher, inventor		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Charles_Lutwidge_Dodgson https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Lewis%20Carroll%29
Charles Spencer Chaplin	England, United States of America, Switzerland	Victorian era, Edwardian era, Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Post-war United States of America, Post-war Switzerland	actor, comedian, film director, composer, screenwriter, film producer, film editor		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ujRSkMl0zCl-5l0Qu5J6vOPzxn91Jqd https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Charles%20Chaplin%29
Clive Staples Lewis	England	Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war era	novelist, scholar, broadcaster		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Clive_Staples_Lewis https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28C.%20S.%20Lewis%29
Edgar Allan Poe	United States of America	Jeffersonian Era, Era of Good Feelings, Jacksonian Era	writer, poet, editor, literary critic		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Edgar_Allan_Poe https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Edgar+Allan+Poe%29
Edvard Munch	Norway, Germany, France	United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, Wilhelm II, French Third Republic, Interwar Independence of Norway, German occupation of Norway	painter	Expressionism, Symbolism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/edvard-munch
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola	Italy, France	Unification of Italy, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	novelist, journalist, playwright, poet	Naturalism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Émile_Zola https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/528 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28%C3%89mile%20Zola%29
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie	France	Second French Empire, French Third Republic	composer, pianist		https://www.classiccat.net/satie_e/index.php
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc	France	French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic	composer, pianist		https://www.classiccat.net/poulenc_f/index.php
Franz Kafka	Bohemia	Austro-Hungarian Empire, First Czechoslovak Republic	novelist, short-story writer, insurance officer	Modernism	https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Franz%20Kafka%29
Gabriele D'Annunzio	Italy	Kingdom of Italy	poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, army officer	Decadent Movement	https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Gabriele_D'Annunzio https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9030 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Gabriele%20D%27Annunzio%29
Grant DeVolson Wood	United States of America	Gilded Age, Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II	painter	Regionalism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/grant-wood
Gustave Flaubert	France	Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	novelist	Realism, Romanticism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Gustave_Flaubert https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/574 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Gustave%20Flaubert%29
Hans Christian Andersen	Denmark	Denmark–Norway, nationalist and liberalist movements, industrialisation	writer		https://da.wikisource.org/wiki/Forfatter:Hans_Christian_Andersen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Hans%20Christian%20Andersen%29
Hamid Aytaç	Turkey	decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Republic of Turkey	calligrapher
Hattat Mehmet Sâmi Efendi	Turkey	decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire	calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sami_Efendi
Herbert George Wells	England	Victorian era, Edwardian era, World War I, Interwar period, World War II, Post-war era	novelist, teacher, historian, journalist		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Herbert_George_Wells https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28H.%20G.%20Wells%29
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse	France	Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic	painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor	Fauvism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant	France	French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	novelist, short story writer, poet	Naturalism, Realism	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Guy_de_Maupassant https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/306 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Guy%20de%20Maupassant%29
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien	Orange Free State, England	Orange Free State, Victorian Era, Edwardian Era, World War I, Interwar, World War II, Post-war Era	writer, academic, philologist, poet		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28J.R.R.+Tolkien%29
Joseph Maurice Ravel	France	French Third Republic	composer, pianist, conductor	Impressionism	https://www.classiccat.net/ravel_m/
Jules Gabriel Verne	France	Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic	novelist, poet, playwright	Avant-garde, Surrealism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Jules_Verne https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Jules%20Verne%29‘
Louis-Hector Berlioz	France, Italy	French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, Unification of Italy, July Monarchy, French Second Republic	composer, conductor	Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/berlioz_h/index.php
Mehmed Şevki Efendi	Turkey	decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire	calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mehmed_%C5%9Eevki
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy	Turkey	decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish War of Independence, Government of the Grand National Assembly, One-party period of the Republic of Turkey	poet, writer, academic, politician	The Republican Era	https://tr.wikisource.org/wiki/Kişi:Mehmet_Âkif_Ersoy
Oscar-Claude Monet	France, Algeria	July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Algeria, French Third Republic	painter	Impressionism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet
Pablo Ruiz Picasso	Spain, France	Bourbon Restoration in Spain, French Third Republic, Vichy France, Provisional Government of the French Republic, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic	painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, theatre designer	Cubism, Surrealism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/pablo-picasso
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)	United States of America	Jacksonian Era, Civil War Era, Reconstruction Era, Gilded Age, Progressive Era	writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Mark+Twain%29
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust	France	French Third Republic	novelist, critic, essayist		https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Marcel_Proust https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Marcel%20Proust%29
Victor-Marie Hugo	France, Channel Islands	French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Victorian Era	poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, dramatist	Romanticism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Victor_Hugo https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/85 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Victor%20Hugo%29
Vincent Willem van Gogh	Netherlands, France	democratic and industrial development in Netherlands, French Third Republic	painter	Post-Impressionism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh
Wilhelm Richard Wagner	Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, England	Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, industrialisation and economic growth in Switzerland, unification of Italy, Second French Empire, German Empire	composer, theatre director, polemicist, conductor		https://www.classiccat.net/wagner_r/index.php
Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin	Russia	late Russian Empire	poet, novelist, playwright	Romanticism, Realism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Александр_Сергеевич_Пушкин https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1457 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Alexander%20Pushkin%29
Антон Павлович Чехов Anton Pavlovich Chekhov	Russia	late Russian Empire	physician, short-story writer, playwright	Modernism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Антон_Павлович_Чехов https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/708 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Anton%20Chekhov%29
Владимир Владимирович Набоков Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov	Russia, Germany, United States of America, Switzerland	late Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, World War II in the USA, Post-war Era in the USA, Post-war Switzerland	novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist	Modernism, Post-Modernism	https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Vladimir%20Nabokov%29
Иван Сергеевич Тургенев Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev	Russia	late Russian Empire	novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, translator	Realism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Иван_Сергеевич_Тургенев https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/922 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Ivan%20Turgenev%29
Лев Николаевич Толстой Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy	Russia	late Russian Empire	novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist	Realism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Лев_Николаевич_Толстой https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28%28Lev%20OR%20%20Leo%29%20Tolstoy%29
Микола Васильович Гоголь / Николай Васильевич Гоголь Mykola Vasyl'ovych Hohol / Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol'	Ukraine / Russia	late Russian Empire	Playwright, short-story writer, novelist	Surrealism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Николай_Васильевич_Гоголь https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/531 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Gogol%29
Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov	Russia	late Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Establishment of the USSR, Stalinism	novelist, short-story writer, playwright, physician		https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Михаил_Афанасьевич_Булгаков
Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov	Russia	late Russian Empire	writer, poet, painter	Romanticism, Pre-Realism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Михаил_Юрьевич_Лермонтов https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/469
Пётр Ильич Чайковский Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Russia	late Russian Empire	composer	Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/tchaikovsky_pi/index.php
Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky	Russia	late Russian Empire	military engineer, novelist, journalist	Realism	https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Фёдор_Михайлович_Достоевский https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/314 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Dostoevsky%29
Νίκος Καζαντζάκης Nikos Kazantzakis	Greece	King George I, World War I, Greco-Turkish War, 11 September 1922 Revolution, Second Hellenic Republic, 4th of August Regime, World War II, Greek Civil War, Post-war Greece	writer
অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর Abanindranath Tagore	India	British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India	painter	Bengal School	https://www.wikiart.org/en/abanindranath-tagore
নন্দলাল বসু Nandalal Bose	India	British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India	painter	Contextual Modernism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/nandalal-bose
যামিনী রায় Jamini Roy	India	British Raj, Union of India, Republic of India	painter
രാജാ രവിവർമ്മ Raja Ravi Varma	India	Kingdom of Travancore	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/raja-ravi-varma
이광수 [李光洙] Yi Kwang-su	Korea	late Joseon period, Korean Empire, Korea under Japanese rule, Provisional Government of Korea, Division of Korea	novelist, activist		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:이광수
장승업 [張承業] (오원 [吾園]) Jang Seung-eop (Owon)	Korea	late Jeoson period	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/owon
최남선 [崔南善] Choe Nam-seon	Korea	late Joseon period, Korean Empire, Korea under Japanese rule, Provisional Government of Korea, Division of Korea	historian, poet, publisher		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:최남선
川端康成 Kawabata Yasunari	Japan	Meiji period, Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle	novelist, short-story writer, essayist	Shinkankakuha
任頤 (任伯年) Ren Yi (Ren Bonian)	China	late Qing dynasty	painter	Shanghai School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ren_Bonian
吳昌碩 Wu Changshuo	China	late Qing dynasty, Republic of China	painter, calligrapher, seal artist	Shanghai School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wu_Changshuo
谷崎潤一郎 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō	Japan	Meiji period, Taishō period, Shōwa financial crisis, Growth of militarism, World War II, Allied Occupation of Japan, Japanese economic miracle	writer	Aestheticism
周樹人 (魯迅) Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun)	China	late Qing dynasty, Republic of China	essayist, short-story writer, critic	New Culture Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:魯迅 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/26193
夏目金之助 (夏目漱石) Natsume Kin'nosuke (Natsume Sōseki)	Japan, England	Meiji period, Edwardian Era, Taishō period	novelist, essayist, critic	Yoyūha, Anti-Naturalism	https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person148.html https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Natsume%20S%C5%8Dseki%29
徐悲鴻 Xu Beihong	China, France	late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, French Third Republic, socialist transformation	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/xu-beihong
張大千 Chang Dai-chien	China	late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, Taiwan under martial law, democratic reforms in Taiwan	painter	Impressionism, Expressionism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/chang-dai-chien
齊純芝 (齊白石) Qi Chunzhi (Qi Baishi)	China	late Qing dynasty, Republic of China, socialist transformation	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/qi-baishi

18^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni	Italy	Age of Enlightenment, Napoleonic Era, Unification of Italy	poet, novelist and philosopher	Enlightenment, Romanticism	https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Alessandro_Manzoni https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37500 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Alessandro%20Manzoni%29
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix	France	French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire	painter, lithographer	Romanticism	https://www.wikiart.org/en/eugene-delacroix
Franz Joseph Haydn	Austria, England	late Holy Roman Empire, Georgian era	composer	Classicism	https://www.classiccat.net/haydn_fj/index.php
Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi	Turkey	Ottoman Old Regime, decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire	composer		https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Dede_Efendi,_Hammamizade_İsmail
Honoré de Balzac	France	French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic	writer, critic, journalist, printer	Realism	https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Honoré_de_Balzac https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Honor%C3%A9%20de%20Balzac%29
Jane Austen	England	Georgian era	novelist		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Jane_Austen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Jane%20Austen%29
Ludwig van Beethoven	Germany	late Holy Roman Empire	composer, pianist	Classicism, Romanticism	https://www.classiccat.net/beethoven_l_van/index.php
Mustafa Râkım	Turkey	Ottoman Old Regime, decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire	calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mustafa_R%C3%A2kim
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Germany, Italy	late Holy Roman Empire, Italy in 18th century	composer	Classicism	https://www.classiccat.net/mozart_wa/index.php
신윤복 [申潤福] (혜원 [蕙園]) Sin Yun-bok (Hyewon)	Korea	late Joseon period	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/yoon-bok-shin
曹雪芹 Cao Xueqin	China	middle Qing dynasty	novelist, poet, philosopher, painter		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:曹雪芹 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3092

17^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi	Italy	Age of Enlightenment	composer, violinist, teacher, impresario, priest	Baroque	https://www.classiccat.net/vivaldi_a/index.php
Artemisia Gentileschi	Italy	Counter-Reformation in Italy, economic and social decline in Italy	painter	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/artemisia-gentileschi
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)	France	late Bourbon kings	writer, philosopher, historian		https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Voltaire https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Voltaire%29
Hâfiz Osman	Turkey	Transformation of the Ottoman Empire	calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hafiz_Osman
Johann Sebastian Bach	Germany	late Holy Roman Empire	composer	Baroque	https://www.classiccat.net/bach_js/index.php
Johannes Vermeer	Netherlands	Republic of the Seven United Netherlands	painter	Dutch Golden Age, Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/johannes-vermeer
Levnî Abdülcelil Çelebi	Turkey	Transformation of the Ottoman Empire	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abdulcelil_Levni
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn	Netherlands	Republic of the Seven United Netherlands	painter, printmaker, draughtsman	Dutch Golden Age, Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/rembrandt
김만중 [金萬重] Kim Man-jung	Korea	late Joseon period	novelist, politician		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:김만중
王原祁 Wang Yuanqi	China	early Qing dynasty, middle Qing dynasty	official, painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wang_Yuanqi
王翬 Wang Hui	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wang_Hui
平山藤五 (井原西鶴) Hirayama Tōgo (Saikaku Ihara)	Japan	early Edo period	writer	Ukiyo-zōshi	https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person1216.html https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Saikaku%20Ihara%29
石濤 Shitao	China	early Qing dynasty	monk, calligrapher, painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/shitao https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shitao
朱耷 (八大山人) Zhu Da (Bada Shanren)	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/bada-shanren
吳歷 Wu Li	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	painter, poet, calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wu_Li
松尾金作 (松尾芭蕉) Matsuo Kinsaku (Matsuo Bashō)	Japan	early Edo period	poet	Shōfū Haikai	https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/作者:松尾芭蕉
惲壽平 Yun Shouping	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	calligrapher, painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yun_Shouping
鄭燮 (鄭板橋) Zheng Xie (Zheng Banqiao)	China	middle Qing dynasty	official, painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zheng_Xie

16^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez	Spain, Italy	middle Habsburg Spain, Counter-Reformation in Italy	painter	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/diego-velazquez
Georges de La Tour	France	early House of Bourbon	painter	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-de-la-tour
Gerard van Honthorst	Netherlands, Italy	Eighty Years' War, Counter-Reformation in Itay	painter	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/gerard-van-honthorst
Gian Lorenzo Bernini	Italy	Counter-Reformation in Italy	sculptor, architect	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/gian-lorenzo-bernini
Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)	Italy	Counter-Reformation in Italy	painter	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	Spain	middle Habsburg Spain	soldier, tax collector, accountant, purchasing agent for Navy		https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Autor:Miguel_de_Cervantes https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/505 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Miguel%20de%20Cervantes%29
Peter Paul Rubens	Germany, Flanders, Italy, France	Reformation in Germany, Eighty Years' War, Counter-Reformation in Italy, middle House of Bourbon	painter, diplomat	Baroque	https://www.wikiart.org/en/peter-paul-rubens
Seyyid Kasim Gubari	Turkey	decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire	calligrapher
William Shakespeare	England	Elizabethan era, Jacobean era	playwright. poet. actor	English Renaissance	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Shakespeare_(1564-1616) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28William%20Shakespeare%29
허균 [許筠] Heo Gyun	Korea	middle Joseon period	novelist, poet, politician		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:허균
王時敏 Wang Shimin	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wang_Shih-min
王鑑 Wang Jian	China	late Ming dynasty, early Qing dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wang_Jian_(painter)
吳承恩 Wu Cheng'en	China	middle Ming dynasty	poet, novelist		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:吳承恩 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/26148
董其昌 Dong Qichang	China	late Ming dynasty	painter, calligrapher, politician, art theorist		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dong_Qichang

15^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
John Dunstaple	England	late House of Plantagenet	composer	Burgundian School	https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf-ocXV1Tm_Sks4Pp2DX9Fv6MwEgqx1OJ
Leonardo da Vinci	Italy, France	Italian Renaissance, Valois-Angoulême	painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, architect	High Renaissance	https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci
Ludovico Ariosto	Italy	Italian Renaissance	poet	Renaissance Humanism	https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Ludovico_Ariosto https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/322 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Ludovico%20Ariosto%29
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni	Italy	Italian Renaissance	sculptor, painter, architect, poet	High Renaissance	https://www.wikiart.org/en/michelangelo
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli	Italy	Republic of Florence	diplomat, author, philosopher, historian		https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Niccolò_Machiavelli https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/563 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Niccol%C3%B2%20Machiavelli%29
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino	Italy	Italian Renaissance	painter, architect	High Renaissance	https://www.wikiart.org/en/raphael
Şeyh Hamdullah	Turkey	rise of the Ottoman Empire, Classical Age	calligrapher
Дионисий Dionisius	Russia	late Grand Duchy of Moscow	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dionisius
김시습 [金時習] Kim Si-seup	Korea	early Joseon period	scholar, writer		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:김시습
仇英 Qiu Ying	China	middle Ming dynasty	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/qiu-ying https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qiu_Ying
文壁 (文徵明) Wen Bi (Wen Zhengming)	China	middle Ming dynasty	painter, calligrapher, poet	Wu School, Southern School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wen_Zhengming
沈周 Shen Zhou	China	middle Ming dynasty	painter	Wu School, Southern School	https://www.wikiart.org/en/shen-zhou https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shen_Zhou
祝允明 (祝枝山) Zhu Yunming (Zhu Zhishan)	China	middle Ming dynasty	calligrapher, poet, writer, scholar-official		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zhu_Yunming
徐禎卿 Xu Zhenqing	China	middle Ming dynasty	writer		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:徐禎卿
唐寅 (唐伯虎) Tang Yin (Tang Bohu)	China	middle Ming dynasty	painter, calligrapher, poet		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tang_Yin

14^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Francesco Landini	Italy	middle Republic of Florence	composer, organist, singer, poet, instrument maker		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5QArmMxa_IHzmm8QtS4Xg1o2c-7j8Pv-
Gilles Binchois	France	middle House of Valois	composer	Burgundian School	https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHmmVrA7sJsJFnMt7TzC0CH9067P8_sYC
Giovanni Boccaccio	Italy	middle Republic of Florence	writer, poet	Renaissance Humanism	https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Giovanni_Boccaccio https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1279 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Giovanni%20Boccaccio%29
Jacopo da Bologna	Italy	middle Holy Roman Empire			https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEplqHMJXA4x-gMNz0bqLel1Y0MiMYg7
Johannes Ciconia	Flanders	middle Holy Roman Empire	composer, music theorist		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEA380053369A0E0
Андрей Рублёв Andrei Rublev	Russia	late Eastern Roman Empire, Mongolian Invasion, rise of Muscovy	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/andrei-rublev
Θεοφάνης ο Έλληνας, Феофан Грек Theophanes the Greek	Eastern Roman Empire, Russia	late Eastern Roman Empire, Mongolian Invasion, rise of Muscovy	painter	Novgorod School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Theophanes_the_Greek
میرعلی تبریزی‎ Mir Ali Tabrizi	Iran	rise of the Timurid Empire, stagnation of the Timurid Empire	poet, calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mir_Ali_Tabrizi
王蒙 Wang Meng	China	Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty	painter	Southern School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wang_M%C3%AAng
倪瓚 Ni Zan	China	Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty	painter	Southern School	https://www.wikiart.org/en/ni-zan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ni_Zan
戴進 Dai Jin	China	middle Ming dynasty	painter	Zhe School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dai_Jin
羅本 (羅貫中) Luo Be (Luo Guanzhong)	China	Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty	writer		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:羅貫中 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1511

13^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Adam de la Halle	France	late House of Capet	poet, musician		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUh8xNjlvisD-GRX4QA2BMYwD4Q4OefHX
Dante Alighieri	Italy	middle Republic of Florence	statesman, poet, writer, philosopher, language theorist, political theorist		https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Autore:Dante_Alighieri https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507
Guillaume de Machaut	France	late House of Capet, early House of Valois	composer, poet		https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Guillaume%20de%20Machaut%29
John Koukouzelis	Eastern Roman Empire	late Eastern Roman Empire	composer, singer		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYAjrIx-SIkuostwe7Dix_ABSIZVR9kOO
Philippe de Vitry	France	late House of Capet, early House of Valois	composer, music theorist, poet		https://archive.org/details/sawt-9517-a-anonymus-philippe-de-vitry-u.a.-o-missa-tournai-und-motetten-um-1320/SAWT+9517-A%E2%80%A2f2.wav https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSD2wJPsE2uV3RGktNmLgsoYBF7kJtPn
Piero (Maestro Piero)	Italy	middle Holy Roman Empire	composer
یاقوت مستعصمی Yaqut al-Musta'simi	Iraq	Mongol invasion, Ilkhanate	calligrapher
일연 [一然] Il-yeon	Korea	Goryeo military regime, Mongol invasions, late Goryeo	monk, writer		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:일연
王實甫 Wang Shifu	China	Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty	playwright		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:王實甫
白樸 (白仁甫) Bai Pu (Bai Renfu)	China	Jurchen Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty	playwright		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:白仁甫
吳鎮 Wu Zhen	China	Yuan dynasty	painter	Southern School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wu_Zhen
施耐庵 Shi Nai'an	China	Yuan dynasty, early Ming dynasty	writer, teacher		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:施耐庵 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/26093
黃公望 Huang Gongwang	China	Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty	painter, poet, writer		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Huang_Gongwang
趙孟頫 Zhao Mengfu	China	Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty	calligrapher, painter, scholar		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zhao_Mengfu
喬吉 Qiao Ji	China	Southern Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty	playwright
鄭光祖 Zheng Guangzu	China	Yuan dynasty	playwright		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:鄭光祖
關漢卿 Guan Hanqing	China	Jurchen Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty	playwright, poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:關漢卿

12^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Léonin	France	middle House of Capet	composer	ars antiqua	https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzn972KIlF0YBFMSbPwXs-K
Pérotin	France	middle House of Capet	composer	ars antiqua	https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzn972KIlF0YBFMSbPwXs-K
Walther von der Vogelweide	Germany	middle Holy Roman Empire	lyrical poet		https://classiccat.net/vogelweide_w_von_der/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfdMKJMGPPtyZckY_yUxESg4myb8ZSSDC
辛棄疾 Xin Qiji	China	Southern Song dynasty	calligrapher, general, poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:辛棄疾
范成大 Fan Chengda	China	Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty	geographer, poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:范成大
陸游 Lu You	China	Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty	historian, poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:陸游
楊萬里 Yang Wanli	China	Southern Song dynasty	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:楊萬里

11^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Hildegard von Bingen	Germany	Holy Roman Empire in High Middle Ages	abbess, writer, composer, philosopher		https://www.classiccat.net/bingen_h_von/index.php https://archive.org/details/HildegardVonBingenCanticlesOfEcstasy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_ihIA8ygtw-FWkTIxCsXzXbA_aokZ42X
Peter Abelard	France	middle House of Capet	philosopher, logician, theologian, poet, composer, musician		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWsZ1l1gVyDRz_j1EUYSNNzDIaAPaWLtW
أم محمد فخر النساء شهدة بنت أحمد الإبري الدينوري البغدادية Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah Umm Muhammad al-Baghdadiyyah	Iraq	Buyid and Seljuq control	scholar, calligrapher
王安石 Wang Anshi	China	Northern Song dynasty	economist, philosopher, poet, politician	Classical Prose Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:王安石
李清照 Li Qingzhao	China	Northern Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty	poet, essayist		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:李清照
米芾 Mi Fu	China	Northern Song dynasty	painter, poet, calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mi_Fu
歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu	China	Northern Song dynasty	essayist, historian, poet, calligrapher, politician, epigrapher	Classical Prose Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:歐陽修
黃庭堅 Huang Tingjian	China	Northern Song dynasty	calligrapher, painter, poet		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Huang_Tingjian
曾鞏 Zeng Gong	China	Northern Song dynasty	essayist, historian, poet, politician, writer	Classical Prose Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:曾鞏
蔡襄 Cai Xiang	China	middle Song dynasty	calligrapher, politician, structural engineer, poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:蔡襄
蘇洵 Su Xun	China	Northern Song dynasty	writer		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:蘇洵
蘇軾 (蘇東坡) Su Shi (Su Dongpo)	China	Northern Song dynasty	poet, writer, politician, calligrapher, painter, pharmacologist, gastronome		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:蘇軾 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/26172 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Su_Shi
蘇轍 Su Zhe	China	Northern Song dynasty	essayist, historian, poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:蘇轍

10^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
ابن البواب‎ Ibn al-Bawwab	Iraq	Buyid and Seljuq control	calligrapher, illuminator		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Ibn_al-Bawwab_Qur%27an
巨然 Juran	Chiina	Southern Tang kingdom, Northern Song dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Juran
范仲淹 Fan Zhongyan	China	Northern Song dynasty	poet, politician, philosopher, writer, military strategist		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:范仲淹
清少納言 Sei Shōnagon	Japan	middle Heian period	writer, poet, lady-in-waiting		https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/作者:清少納言 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%28Sei%20Shonagon%29
董源 Dong Yuan	China	Southern Tang kingdom, Northern Song dynasty	painter, official	Southern School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dong_Yuan
紫式部 Murasaki Shikibu	Japan	middle Heian period	novelist, poet, lady-in-waiting		https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person52.html https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/作者:紫式部 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46975
關仝 Guan Tong	China	late Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period	painter	Northern School	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Guan_Tong_(painter)

9^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
أبو علي محمد بن علي ابن مقلة‎ Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla	Iraq	fracture of Abbasid Caliphate	vizier, calligrapher
최치원 [崔致遠] Choe Chiwon	Korea	late Unified Silla	philosopher, poet		https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/저자:최치원
李商隱 Li Shangyin	China	late Tang dynasty	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:李商隱
杜牧 Du Mu	China	late Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:杜牧
荆浩 Jing Hao	China	late Tang dynasty, Later Liang dynasty	painter, art theorist		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jing_Hao

8^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
元稹 Yuan Zhen	China	middle Tang dynasty	novelist, poet, politician	New Yuefu Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:元稹
白居易 Bai Juyi	China	middle Tang dynasty	poet, official	New Yuefu Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:白居易
杜甫 Du Fu	China	middle Tang dynasty	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:杜甫
李白 Li Bai	China	middle Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:李白
周昉 Zhou Fang	China	middle Tang dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chou_Fang
柳公權 Liu Gongquan	China	middle Tang dynasty	calligrapher		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Liu_Gongquan
柳宗元 Liu Zongyuan	China	middle Tang dynasty	writer, politician, poet	Classical Prose Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:柳宗元
張萱 Zhang Xuan	China	middle Tang dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zhang_Xuan
劉禹錫 Liu Yuxi	China	middle Tang dynasty	poet, philosopher, essayist		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:劉禹錫
韓愈 Han Yu	China	middle Tang dynasty	scholar, poet, official	Classical Prose Movement	https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:韓愈
韓幹 Han Gan	China	middle Tang dynasty	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/han-gan
顏真卿 Yan Zhenqing	China	middle Tang dynasty	calligrapher, military general, politician		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yan_Zhenqing

7^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
王勃 Wang Bo	China	early Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:王勃
王維 Wang Wei	China	middle Tang dynasty	poet, musician, painter, politician	Southern School	https://www.wikiart.org/en/wang-wei
吳道子 Wu Daozi	China	middle Tang dynasty	painter		https://www.wikiart.org/en/wu-daozi
陳子昂 Chen Zi'ang	China	early Tang dynasty	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:陳子昂
楊炯 Yang Jiong	China	early Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:楊炯
駱賓王 Luo Binwang	China	early Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:駱賓王
盧照鄰 Lu Zhaolin	China	early Tang dynasty	poet		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:盧照鄰

6^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
ያሬድ Yared	Ethiopia	middle Kingdom of Aksum	composer		https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOt6NXQUcIlcqLTdolpj1QXemqMG2EpRi
歐陽詢 Ouyang Xun	Chiina	Southern Chen dynasty, early Tang dynasty	calligrapher, politician, writer		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ouyang_Xun

5^th Century

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4^th Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
王獻之 Wang Xianzhi	China	Western Jin dynasty, Eastern Jin dynasty	calligrapher, politician		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Calligraphy_by_Wang_Xizhi
王羲之 Wang Xizhi	China	Western Jin dynasty, Eastern Jin dynasty	calligrapher, politician, writer		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Calligraphy_by_Wang_Xizhi
陶潛 (陶淵明) Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming)	China	Eastern Jin dynasty, Liu Song dynasty	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/Author:陶淵明
顧愷之 Gu Kaizhi	China	Eastern Jin dynasty	painter		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gu_Kaizhi

3^rd Century

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2^nd Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works

1^st Century

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Decimus Junius Juvenalis	Rome	early Roman Empire	poet		https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Decimus_Iunius_Iuvenalis https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46022
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus	Rome	Julio-Claudian dynasty, Year of the Four Emperors, Flavian dynasty, Year of the Five Emperors, Nerva–Antonine dynasty	lawyer, author, magistrate		https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Gaius_Plinius_Caecilius_Secundus https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1036

1^st Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Gaius Valerius Catullus	Rome	late Roman Republic	poet	Neoteric	https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Gaius_Valerius_Catullus https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8308
Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor	Rome	Julio-Claudian dynasty	philosopher, statesman, dramatist		https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Marcus_Annaeus_Lucanus https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/316
Publius Ovidius Naso	Rome	Julio-Claudian dynasty	poet		https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Publius_Ovidius_Naso https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868
Publius Vergilius Maro	Rome	late Roman Republic, Julio-Claudian dynasty	poet	Augustan	https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Publius_Vergilius_Maro https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/129
Quintus Horatius Flaccus	Rome	late Roman Republic, Julio-Claudian dynasty	lyric poet		https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Scriptor:Quintus_Horatius_Flaccus https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1790

2^nd Century BC

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3^rd Century BC

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4^th Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Μένανδρος Menandros	Greece	Classical Greece, Hellenistic Greece	dramatist	New Comedy	https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Μένανδρος
屈原 Qu Yuan	Chu	Warring States	poet, politician		https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/作者:屈原

5^th Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Ἀριστοφάνης Aristophanes	Greece	Classical Greece	comic playwright	Old Comedy	https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Αριστοφάνης
Ευριπίδης Euripides	Greece	Archaic Greece	tragedian		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Ευριπίδης
Σοφοκλῆς Sophocles	Greece	Archaic Greece	tragedian		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Σοφοκλής

6^th Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Αἰσχύλος Aiskhylos	Greece	Archaic Greece	tragedian, soldier		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Αισχύλος https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2825
Πίνδαρος Pindaros	Greece	Archaic Greece	lyric poet		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Πίνδαρος https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3650

7^th Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Αἴσωπος Aisopos	Greece	Archaic Greece	fabulist, storyteller		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Αίσωπος https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/18
Σαπφώ Sappho	Greece	Archaic Greece	poet		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Σαπφώ

8^th Century BC

name	region	period	title	style	link to works
Ἡσίοδος Hesiodos	Greece	Archaic Greece	poet		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Ησίοδος https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/191
Ὅμηρος Homeros	Greece	Greek Dark Ages, Archaic Greece	poet		https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Συγγραφέας:Όμηρος https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/705

9^th Century BC

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10^th Century BC

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