Writers
The best known writers — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
Events 159 totals
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Mar
15
1483
Francesco Guicciardini · 1483–1540
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Apr
28
1492
Pietro Aretino · 1492–1556
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Jan
1
1494
François Rabelais · 1494–1553
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Dec
1
1524
Luís de Camões · 1524–1580
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Nov
11
1530
Étienne de La Boétie · 1530–1563
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Mar
10
1533
Michel de Montaigne · 1533–1592
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Mar
21
1544
Torquato Tasso · 1544–1595
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Oct
9
1547
Miguel de Cervantes · 1547–1616
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Dec
5
1562
Lope de Vega · 1562–1635
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Feb
16
1564
Christopher Marlowe · 1564–1593
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May
3
1564
William Shakespeare · 1564–1616
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Feb
1
1572
John Donne · 1572–1631
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Jan
1
1584
Francis Beaumont · 1584–1616
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Jan
8
1601
Baltasar Gracián · 1601–1658
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Dec
9
1608
John Milton · 1608–1674
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Mar
6
1619
Cyrano de Bergerac · 1619–1655
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Jun
8
1621
Jean de La Fontaine · 1621–1695
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Jan
15
1622
Molière · 1622–1673
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Jan
12
1628
Charles Perrault · 1628–1703
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Dec
22
1639
Jean Racine · 1639–1699
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Jan
1
1644
Matsuo Bashō · 1644–1694
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Apr
3
1660
Daniel Defoe · 1660–1731
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Nov
30
1667
Jonathan Swift · 1667–1745
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May
21
1688
Alexander Pope · 1688–1744
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Feb
20
1694
Voltaire · 1694–1778
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