Thomas More
1478–1535
English author of Utopia, executed for opposing Henry VIII.
Thomas More (1478–1535) was a statesman and philosopher, born in London and died in Tower Hill.
- Known as
- Statesman and philosopher
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- 1478, London
- Died
- 1535, Tower Hill
Alive at the same time as Thomas More
- Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
- Erasmus 1466–1536, humanist
- Niccolò Machiavelli 1469–1527, political philosopher
- Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
- Albrecht Dürer 1471–1528, artist
- Wang Yangming 1472–1529, philosopher
- Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543, astronomer
- Michelangelo 1475–1564, artist
- Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541, conquistador
- Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478–1546, admiral
- Martin Luther 1483–1546, religious leader
- Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592, essayist
Portrait: Hans Holbein the Younger, Public domain.
