HISTORICAL FIGURE LIST
7TH GRADE
KING/EMPEROR
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN Byzantine emperor
FERDINAND MAGELLAN explorer
AMERIGO VESPUCCI map maker
KUBLAI KHAN Mongol ruler
BARTHOLOMEU DIAS explorer
MONTEZUMA Aztec (Mexico) king
HERNANDO DE SOTO explorer
MANSA MUSA African king
HENRY VIII English king, many wives
ATAHUALPA Inca king
RICHARD I (lion heart) English king
KING JOHN English king (Magna Carta)
CHARLEMAGNE king of Holy Roman Empire
CONSTANTINE Roman emperor
FERDINAND OF ARAGON king of Spain
SUNDIATA king of Mali
JOHN CABOT explorer
JACQUES CARTIER explorer
PONCE DE LEON explorer
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN explorer
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR explorer
GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO Italian navigator
MARCO POLO traveler to China
ZHENG HE Chinese traveler
VASCO DA GAMA explorer
CONQUERORS/MILITARY LEADERS
FRANCISCO PIZARRO conqueror
MUHAMMAD IBN BATTUTA Arab traveler
HERNANDO CORTES conqueror
ARTISTS/WRITERS/MUSICIANS
LEONARDO DA VINCI artist, inventor
GENGHIS KHAN Mongol military leader
ODA NOBUNAGA Japanese military leader
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR invaded England
CHARLES MARTEL defeated Muslims in France
SALADIN Muslim military leader
YORITOMO Japanese military leader
TOKUGAWA IEYASU Japanese military leader
DONATELO artist
RAPHAEL artist
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI artist
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE writer
REMBRANDT painter
PETRARCH poet, scholar, humanist
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Spanish writer
EXPLORERS
LEIF ERICSON Viking explorer
SANDRO BOTTICELLI painter
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE explorer
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI architect
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS explorer
SCIENCES
JOHANNES KEPLER astronomer
JOAN OF ARC led French army
NICHOLAS COPERNICUS astronomer
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Scottish queen
ROBERT HOOKE English scientist
ELIZABETH I English queen
JOHANN GUTENBURG invented printing press
ISABELLA I Spanish queen
ISSAC NEWTON scientist
MURISAKI SHIKIBU Japanese writer
SIR FRANCIS BACON scientist, politician
CATHERINE OF SIENA negotiator
GALILEO scientist
CATHERINE DE MEDICI art supporter
AL KHWARIZMI Arab creator of algebra
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN mystic nun, poet
ANDREAS VESALIUS father of anatomy
DONA MARINA “LA MALINCHE” interpreter
POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS/PHILOSOPHERS
JOHN LOCKE English philosopher
for Cortez
MARY I English queen
NICCOLO MACCHIAVELLI political thinker
MARY II English queen
MUHAMMAD founder of Islam
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS humanist, priest
JOHN CALVIN founded Calvinist religion
ISABELLA D’ESTE Renaissance woman
THEODORA wife of Justinian
SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ Mexican poet
ABU BAKR first Muslim leader after Muhammad
JUDITH LEYSTER Dutch painter
LORENZO DE MEDICI art supporter
ARTEMESIA GENTILESCHI Italian painter
MARTIN LUTHER founded Lutheran religion
ST. TERESA of AVILA Spanish nun
FRANCIS OF ASSISI founded Franciscan order
ST. ROSE of LIMA nun, 1st saint of the Americas
JOHN KNOX religious reformer
JOHN WYCLIFFE religious reformer
IGNATIUS LOYLA founder of the Jesuits
URBAN II pope, starts the crusades
THOMAS AQUINAS philosopher
CATHERINE the GREAT Queen of Russia
MARIE GEOFFRIN woman of the Enlightenment
MARY ASTELL woman of the Enlightenment
JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY woman of the
Enlightenment
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT woman of the
Enlightenment
WOMEN
CATHERINE OF ARAGON Spanish queen
ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE French queen