16th-century Italian male writers

Italian polymath (1564-1642)

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

Italian poet (1544–1595)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572, saint

Italian poet (1474–1533)

Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)

Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)

Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)

Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)

Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)

Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church

Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)

Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

Catholic cardinal and poet (1470–1547)

Italian writer (1583-1632)

Italian philosopher (1462 – 1525)

Italian philosopher

Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (1538–1607)

Italian writer

Italian scholar, physician and philosopher (1484-1558)

Italian writer (1457–1530)

Venetian philosopher and scientist (1529-1597)

Catholic cardinal

Italian prelate, physician and biographer (1483–1552)

Italian physician, botanist and philosopher (1524–1603)

Italian philosopher

Italian Renaissance architect, sculptor and painter (1439-1502)

Italian poet

Italian theologian

Italian jurist and writer (1492–1550)

mathematician from Italy

Italian writer and fairy tale collector

Italian diplomat (1533–1611)

Portuguese Jewish philosopher, physician and poet

Italian mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)

Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (*1545 – †1607)

English linguist and lexicographer

Roman Catholic archbishop (1503–1556)

Venetian geographer and writer (1485-1557)

Venetian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer

Italian-English scholar (1470–1555)

Italian poet

Italian philosopher

Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat

Italian philosopher

Italian dramatist

Italian friar, architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar

Italian jurist (1552-1608)

Italian art historian

Italian poet and writer (1483-1529)

Italian writer (1504–1574)

Italian bishop

Italian poet and Knight of Malta (1507-1566)

Italian historian (1466-1536)

Italian priest, monk and writer (1433/34-1527)

Italian painter (1525-1574)

Italian poet

Italian writer and assassin (1514-1548)

Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae