We’ve had overwhelming requests for a chronological guide to studying all of the famous people here at Enrichment Studies, so here it is! Each person is listed according to year of their birth, along with what collection they can be found in, with a link to that purchase page. Printable version is here. This is also available in the member dashboard.
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BC
Hippocrates 460-377 BC Great Scientists
Archimedes 287-212 BC Inventors/Scientist
1300s
Donatello 1386-1466 Renaissance
van Eyck 1395-1441 Renaissance
1400s
Masaccio 1401-1428 Renaissance
Bellini 1430-1516 Renaissance
Mantegna 1431-1506 Renaissance
Botticelli 1445-1510 Renaissance
Bosch 1450-1516 Renaissance
Da Vinci 1452-1519 Renaissance/Inventors
Durer 1471-1528 Renaissance
Copernicus 1473-1543 Great Scientists
Michelangelo 1475-1564 Renaissance
Raphael 1483-1520 Renaissance
Titian 1485-1576 Renaissance
1500s
Tintoretto 1518-1594 Renaissance
Sofonisba Anguissola 1532-1625 Women Artists of the Renaissance
El Greco 1541-1614 Great Artists Set A
Lavinia Fontana 1552-1614 Women Artists of the Renaissance
Barbara Longhi 1552-1638 Women Artists of the Renaissance
Johannes Kepler 1571-1630 Great Scientists
Fede Galizia 1578-1630 Women Artists of the Renaissance
Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1656 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Clara Peeters 1594-1657 Women Artists of the 17th Century
1600s
Giovanna Garzoni 1600-1670 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Rembrandt 1606-1669 Great Artists Set A
Judith Leyster 1609-1660 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Robert Boyle 1627-1691 Great Scientists
Ruisdael 1628-1682 Great Artists Set A
de Hooch 1629-1684 Great Artists Set A
Josefa de Obidos 1630-1684 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Maria van Oosterwijck 1630-1693 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Elisabetta Sirani 1638-1665 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Isaac Newton 1643-1726 Great Scientists
Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Rachel Ruysch 1664-1750 Women Artists of the 17th Century
Rosalba Carriera 1673-1757 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 Baroque and Classical Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Baroque and Classical Composers
Handel 1685-1759 Baroque and Classical Composers
1700s
Carl Linnaeus 1707-1778 Great Scientists
Francoise Duparc 1726-1778 Women Artists of the 18th Century
George Washington 1732-1799 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Haydn 1732-1809 Baroque and Classical Composers
John Adams 1735-1826 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Angelica Kauffman 1741-1807 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Anne Vallayer-Coster 1744-1818 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Adelaide Labille-Guiard 1749-1803 Women Artists of the 18th Century
James Madison 1751-1836 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Mozart 1756-1791 Baroque and Classical Composers
James Monro 1758-1831 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Marguerite Gerard 1761-1837 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Andrew Jackson 1767-1845 U.S. Presidents 7-12
John Quincy Adams 1767-1848 U.S. Presidents 1-6
Marie-Guillemine Beoist 1768-1826 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Beethoven 1770-1827 Baroque and Classical Composers
William Henry Harrison 1773-1841 U.S. Presidents 7-12
Constance Mayer 1775-1821 Women Artists of the 18th Century
Martin Van Buren 1782-1862 U.S. Presidents 7-12
Zachary Taylor 1784-1850 U.S. Presidents 7-12
von Weber 1786-1826 Romantic Era (set A)
John Taylor 1790-1862 U.S. Presidents 7-12
Michael Faraday 1791-1867 Great Scientists
Samuel F.B. Morse 1791-1872 Scientists/Inventors
Ann Hall 1792-1863 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Rossini 1792-1868 Romantic Era (set A)
Rolinda Sharples 1793-1838 Women Artists of the 19th Century
William Cullen Bryant 1794-1878 Great American Poets 1
James K. Polk 1795-1849 U.S. Presidents 7-12
Schubert 1797-1828 Romantic Era (set A)
Delacroix 1798-1863 Great Artists Set A
1800s
Sarah Mirian Peale 1800-1885 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 Great American Poets 1
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 Great American Poets 1
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 1809-1894 Great American Poets 1
Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Romantic Era (set A)
Charles Darwin 1809-1882 Great Scientists
Chopin 1810-1849 Romantic Era (set A)
Verdi 1813-1901 Romantic Era (set A)
Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 Great American Poets 1
Walt Whitman 1819-1892 Great American Poets 1
Lilly Martin Spencer 1822-1902 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Sophie Gengembre Anderson 1823-1903 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Strauss II 1825-1899 Romantic Era (set A)
Emily Mary Osborn 1828-1925 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Emily Dickinson 1830-1886 Great American Poets 2
Manet 1832-1883 Great Artists Set A
Louisa May Alcott 1832-1888 Great American Poets 2
Brahms 1833-1897 Romantic Era (set A)
Degas 1834-1917 Great Artists Set A
Saint-Saens 1835-1921 Romantic Era (set B)
Cezanne 1839-1906 Great Artists Set A
Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 Romantic Era (set B)
Monet 1840-1926 Great Artists Set B
Liszt 1840-1893 Romantic Era (set B)
Dvorak 1841-1904 Romantic Era (set B)
Renoir 1841-1919 Great Artists Set B
Grieg 1843-1907 Romantic Era (set B)
Faure 1845-1924 Romantic Era (set B)
Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922 Inventors
Thomas Edison 1847 Inventors
Gauguin 1848-1903 Great Artists Set B
Benjamin Holt 1849-1920 Inventors
Eva Gonzales 1849-1883 Women Artists of the 19th Century
Van Gogh 1853-1890 Great Artists Set B
Nikola Tesla 1856-1943 Inventors
Puccini 1858-1924 Romantic Era (set B)
Seurat 1859-1891 Great Artists Set B
Debussy 1862-1918 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Henry Ford 1863-1947 Inventors
George Washington Carver 1864-1943 Inventors
Satie 1866-1925 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Marie Curie 1867-1934 Great Scientists
Wilbur Wright 1867-1912 Inventors
Matisse 1869-1954 Great Artists Set B
Orville Wright 1871-1948 Inventors
Holst 1874-1934 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Robert Frost 1874-1963 Great American Poets 2
Carl Sandburg 1878-1967 Great American Poets 2
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Great Scientists
Bartok 1881-1945 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Picasso 1881-1973 Great Artists Set B
Stravinksy 1882-1971 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Niels Bohr 1885-1962 Great Scientists
Prokofiev 1891-1953 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Milhaud 1892-1974 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
E.E. Cummings 1894-1962 Great American Poets 2
Hindenmith 1895-1963 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Fletcher Henderson 1897-1952 Jazz Composers
Duke Ellington 1899-1974 Jazz Composers
1900s
Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 Jazz Composers
Langston Hughes 1902-1967 Great American Poets 2
Bix Beiderbecke 1903-1931 Jazz Composers
Count Basie 1904-1984 Jazz Composers
Fats Waller 1904-1943 Jazz Composers
Dali 1904-1989 Great Artists Set B
Shostakovich 1906-1975 Late 1800s/Early 1900s Composers
Cab Calloway 1907-1994 Jazz Composers
Art Tatum 1909-1956 Jazz Composers
Benny Goodman 1909-1986 Jazz Composers
Jacques Cousteau 1910 Inventors
Thelonius Monk 1917-1982 Jazz Composers
Dizzy Gillespie 1917-1993 Jazz Composers
Charlie Parker 1920-1955 Jazz Composers
John Coltrane 1926-1967 Jazz Composers
Ray Charles 1930-2004 Jazz Composers
Ornette Coleman 1930-currently living Jazz Composers