List of philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries

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Philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:

Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.

A[]

  • Abner of Burgos (1270–1348)[f]*
  • Adam Parvipontanus (died 1181)
  • Abraham ben Moses Maimonides (or Abraham ben Maimon; 1186–1237)[e]
  • Adelard of Bath (12th century)[a]
  • Atīśa (982–1054)
  • Akka Mahadevi (c.1130–1160)
  • Akshobhya Tirtha (c. 1282- c. 1365)
  • Alain de Lille (c. 1128 – 1202)
  • Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)[a][c][d][e]
  • Albert of Saxony (c. 1316 – 1390)[a][e][f]
  • Albertus Magnus (or Albert the Great or Albert of Cologne; c. 1193-1280)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Alexander of Hales (died 1245)[a][e]
  • Amalananda (13th century)
  • Al-Hilli (1250–1325)
  • Abraham ibn Ezra (1092 or 1093–1167)[e][f]*
  • Anselm (1034–1109)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani (12th century)
  • Averroes (or Ibn Rushd; 1126–1198)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi (1070–1136)[e]
  • Abul Maali al-Juwayni (1028–1085)[e]

B[]

  • Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313–1357)[e]
  • Bernard of Chartres (died 1130)[a]
  • Bahya ibn Paquda (1040–1110)[e]
  • Bhoja (1010–1055)
  • Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)[a][e]
  • Bernard Silvestris (or Bernard of Tours; 1147–1178)[e]
  • Basaveshwara (1134–1196)
  • Basava (1130-1667)
  • Basil Bessarion (1395–1472)[f]*
  • Blasius of Parma (or Biagio Pelacani da Parma; 1345–1416)[e]
  • Boetius of Dacia (c. 1240 – c. 1280)[e]
  • Bonaventure (1221–1274)[a][c][d][e][f]

C[]

  • Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (died c. 1280)
  • Chang Tsai (or Zhang Zai; 1020–1077)[e]
  • Chakradhar Swami (13th century)
  • Cheng Hao (or Ch'eng Ming-Tao; 1032–1085)[a][e]
  • Cheng Yi (or Ch'eng Yi Chu'an; 1033–1107)[a][e]
  • Chou Tun-Yi (or Zhou Dunyi or Chou Lien-Hsi or Zhou Lianxi; 1017–1073)[a][e]
  • Christine de Pizan (c. 1365 – c. 1430)[e]
  • Clarembald of Arras (1110–1187)[e]

D[]

  • David of Dinant (12th century)[e]
  • Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296)
  • Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)[c][d][e][f]
  • Dietrich of Freiberg (13th century)[e][f]
  • Dominicus Gundissalinus (12th century)
  • Dogen (also Dogen Zenji or Dōgen Kigen; 1200–1253)[c][d][e]
  • Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – 1308)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Durandus of St. Pourçain (c. 1275 – 1334)[e]

E[]

F[]

  • Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
  • Francis of Marchia (c. 1290 – c. 1344)[f]
  • Francis of Meyronnes (1285–1328)[e]

G[]

  • Gangeśa (fl. c. 1325)[e]
  • Gennadius Scholarius (died c. 1473)
  • George of Trebizond (1395–1484)[e]
  • Gangesha Upadhyaya (14th century)
  • Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187)[e]
  • Gerard of Odo (or Gerald Odonis; 1290–1349)[e]
  • Gersonides (or Levi ben Gershon; 1288–1344)[a][e][f]
  • Gilbert of Poitiers (1070–1154)[e]
  • Giles of Rome (c. 1243 – 1316)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Godfrey of Fontaines (c. 1250 – 1309)[a][e][f]
  • Gregory of Rimini (died 1358)[a][c][d][e][f]

H[]

  • Henry of Ghent (c. 1217 – 1293)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Henry of Harclay (1270–1317)[e]
  • Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340 – 1410)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghd\aadi (1080–1165)[e]
  • Hemachandra (1088-1173)
  • Herman of Carinthia (c. 1100 – c. 1160)
  • Hervaeus Natalis (or Hervé Nedellec; 1250–1323)[e]
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)[e]
  • Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (1220–1295)[e]
  • (or Wu-Feng; 1100–1155)[a]
  • Hugh of St Victor (c. 1078 – 1141)[e]

I[]

  • Ibn Arabi (1165–1240)[e]
  • Ibn Bajjah (also Avempace; died 1138)[a][e]
  • Ibn Daud (also Rabad I or Avendauth or John of Spain; 1110–1180)[a][e][f]*
  • Ibn Kammuna (1215–1284)[e]
  • Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)[a][c][d][e]
  • Ibn Sabin (1217–1268)[e]
  • Ibn Taymiya (1263–1328)[e]
  • Ibn Tufail (1110–1185)[a][e]
  • Ibn Tzaddik (c. 1149)[e]
  • Immanuel the Roman (or Immanuel of Rome; c. 1270 – c. 1330)[e]

J[]

  • James of Viterbo (1255–1308)[e]
  • Jinul (or Chinul; 1158–1210)[e]
  • (12th century)[f]*
  • Joachim of Fiore (1135–1201)[a][e]
  • Jayatirtha (c.1345 - c.1388)
  • Jan Hus (1369–1415)[e]
  • John of Jandun (1280–1328)[e]
  • John of La Rochelle (1190–1245)[e]
  • johannes Capreolus (1380–1444)[e]
  • Jean Buridan (1300–1358)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • John of Mirecourt (c. 1345)[e]
  • John of Paris (1260–1306)[e]
  • Jean Gerson (1363–1429)[a][e]
  • John of Salisbury (c. 1115 – 1180)[a][e][f]
  • Judah ben Moses of Rome (or Judah Romano; 1292–1330)[e]
  • Judah Ben Samuel of Regensburg (c. 1200)

K[]

  • Khana (12th century)
  • Kavindra Tirtha (c. 1333 - c.1398)

L[]

  • Lu Hsiang-shan (or Lu Xiangshan, also Lu Chiu-yuan or Tzu-ching or Ts'un-chai; 1139–1193)[a][e]

M[]

  • Shri Madhvacharya (1238–1317)[a][c][d][e]
  • Moses Maimonides (also Rambam; 1135–1204)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Marsilius of Inghen (1330–1396)[a][e][f]
  • Madhava Tirtha (died 1350)
  • Manuel Chrysoloras (c. 1355 – 1415)
  • Moses ibn Ezra (1070–1138)[e]
  • Mahapurna (12th century)
  • Meister Eckhart (1260–1327 or 1328)[a][e][f]
  • Mamaidev (12th century)
  • Marsilius of Padua (or Marsiglio or Marsilio dei Mainardine; 1270–1342)[a][c][d][e]
  • Matthew of Aquasparta (1238–1302)[e]

N[]

  • Moses Nahmanides (1194–1270)[e]
  • Narayana Panditacharya (c. 1290 – c. 1370)
  • Moses Narboni (c. 1300 – c. 1362)[f]*
  • Narahari Tirtha (c. 1243 - c. 1333)
  • Alexander Neckham (1157–1217)[e]
  • Naropa (12th century)
  • Nichiren (1222–1282)[e]
  • Nimbarkacharya (1130 - .1200)
  • Nicholas of Autrecourt (c. 1300 – 1369)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Nimbarka (c. 13th century)

O[]

  • William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349)[a][b][c][d][e][f]
  • Peter Olivi (1248–1298)[a][e][f]
  • Nicole Oresme (1320–1382)[e][f]*
  • Omar Khayyám (1048–1131)

P[]

  • Paul of Venice (1369–1429)[a][e][f]
  • John Peckham (died 1292)[e]
  • Peter Aureol (c. 1280 – 1322)[e][f]
  • Pierre d'Ailly (1350–1420)[a][e]
  • Profiat Duran (also Efodi or Isaac ben Moses Levi) (c. 1349 – c. 1414)[e]
  • Pietro d'Abano (c. 1250 – 1316)
  • Pietro Damiani (c. 1007 – 1072)[e][f]
  • Peter Lombard (c. 1100 – 1160)[a][e]
  • (died 1420)[b][f]
  • Prabhācandra (11th century)
  • Peter of Auvergne (13th century)[e]
  • Peter of Spain (usually identified with Pope John XXI; 13th century)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Petrarch (1304–1374)[c][d][e]
  • Joane Petrizi (12th century)[f]*
  • Pillai Lokacharya (1205–1311)
  • Padmanabha Tirtha (died 1324)
  • Philip the Chancellor (1160–1236)[e][f]
  • George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355 – 1452)
  • Isaac Polgar (early 14th century)[f]*
  • Michael Psellus (11th century)
  • (13th century)[e]

Q[]

R[]

  • Ramanuja (1017–1137)[a][c][d][e]
  • Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149–1209)[e]
  • Roger Bacon (1214–1294)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Robert Alyngton (died 1398)[f]
  • Roger Marston (1235–1303)[e]
  • Richard Kilvington (or Richard Chillington; 1302–1361)
  • Robert Kilwardby (1215–1279)[a][e][a][e][f]
  • Ramon Llull (1235–1315)[a][e]
  • (or Gyeltsap Darma Rinchen; 1364–1432)[e]
  • Richard of Middleton (c. 1249 – 1306)[e]
  • Ratnakīrti (11th century )
  • Robert Holcot (1290–1349)[e][f]
  • Radulphus Brito (c. 1270 – c. 1320)[e]
  • Robert Grosseteste (or Robert of Lincoln or Robert Greathead; 1175–1253)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Richard of St. Victor (died 1173)[e]
  • Richard Rufus (or Richard of Cornwall or Richardus Sophista; 1231–1259)[a][e][f]
  • Roscelin of Compiègne (c. 1050 – c. 1120)[a][e]
  • Jan van Ruysbroek (1293–1381)
  • Richard Brinkley (fl. 1350–1373)[e]

S[]

  • (also Sagya Pandita or Sagypandita; 1182–1251)[e]
  • Shao Yung (1011–1077)[a][e]
  • (ca. 1360-after 1415)[f]
  • Shinran (1173–1261)[e]
  • Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021–1058)[a][c][d][e][f]*
  • Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera (1223–1290)[e][f]*
  • Someshvara III (1127 – 1138 CE)
  • Siddheshwar (12th century)
  • Samuel Ibn Tibbon (c. 1165 – 1232)[f]
  • Simeon ben Zemah Duran (also Rashbaz) (1361–1444)[e]
  • Sigerus of Brabant (1240–1284)[a][e]
  • Simon of Faversham (c. 1260–1306)[f]
  • (or al-Suhrawardi; 1154–1191)[c][d][e]
  • Henry Suso (1300–1366)[e]

T[]

  • Johannes Tauler (c. 1300 – 1361)[e]
  • Thierry of Chartres (fl. c. 1130 – 1150)[e]
  • Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471)[e]
  • Theodore Metochita (died 1332)
  • Thomas of Erfurt (14th century)[f]
  • Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1290 – 1349)[e]
  • Trivikrama Panditacharya (c.1258 - c.1320)
  • Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Thomas of York (13th century)[e]
  • Je Tsongkhapa (or Dzongkaba or Rinpoche; 1357–1419)[e]
  • Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201–1274)[e]

U[]

  • Ubertino of Casale (1259 – c. 1328)[b]
  • Udayana (11th century)[e]
  • Ulrich of Strasbourg (1220–1277)[b][e]
  • Urso of Calabria (died c. 1225)[b]

V[]

  • Mādhava Vidyāranya, (c. 1268–1386)
  • Vedanta Desika (1268–1369)
  • Vincent of Beauvais (c. 1190 – c. 1264)[b]
  • Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419)[b]
  • Vidyaranya (1296-1391)
  • Vedanta Desika (1268–1369)
  • Vital Du Four (1260–1327)[b][e]
  • Vishnu Tirtha (13th century)

W[]

  • (13th century)[b]
  • Walter of Bruges (c. 1225 – 1307)[b]
  • Walter Hilton (c. 1343 – 1396)[b]
  • Walter of Mortagne (c. 1100 – 1174)[b]
  • William of Alnwick (1270–1333)[b][a]
  • [b]
  • William of Heytesbury (or Hentisberus or Hentisberi or Tisberi; 1313–1373)[a][b][e][f]
  • William Crathorn (14th century)[b][e][f]
  • William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (1180–1249)[a][b][e][f]*
  • William of Auxerre (died 1231)[a][b][e]
  • [b]
  • Walter Chatton (1290–1343)[b][e][f]
  • (1339 – c. 1413)[b]
  • William of Champeaux (c. 1070 – 1121)[b][e][f]
  • (died 1306)[b]
  • William of Conches (c. 1080 – 1154)[b][e]
  • William of Durham (died 1249)[b]
  • William of Falgar (died 1297/8)[b]
  • William Hothum (c. 1245 – 1298)[b]
  • William de la Mare (fl. 1270s)[b]
  • William of Lucca (died 1178)[b]
  • William of Macclesfield (died 1303)[b]
  • (died c. 1260)[b]
  • (fl. c. 1400)[b]
  • William of Moerbeke (c. 1215 – 1286)[a][b]
  • William of Nottingham I (died 1254)
  • William of Nottingham II (c. 1282 – 1336)[b]
  • William of Pagula (c. 1290 – c. 1332)[b]
  • William Perault (c. 1200 – 1261)[b]
  • William Peter Godin (c. 1260 – 1336)[b]
  • (born c. 1290)[b]
  • William of Saint-Amour (c. 1200 – 1272)[b]
  • William of St-Thierry (c. 1080 – c. 1148)[b]
  • William of Sherwood (also Shyreswood &c.; 1190–1249)[a][b][e]
  • William of Soissons (12th century)[b]
  • William of Ware (fl. 1290–1305)[b]
  • Witelo (c. 1230 – c. 1290)[b]
  • Adam de Wodeham (1298–1358)[a][b][e]
  • John Wyclif (c. 1330 – 1384)[a][c][d][e][f]
  • Walter Burley (c. 1275 – c. 1345)[a][b][e][f]

X[]

Y[]

Z[]

  • Zeami Motokiyo (c. 1363 – c. 1443)[e]
  • Zhu Xi (or Chu Hsi) (1130–1200)[a][c][d][e]

Notes[]

  1. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8
  2. 'Biographies of Medieval Authors', Appendix C of The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy, ed. Robert Passnau, Vol. 2., Cambridge, 2010, pp.833-996. ISBN 978-0-521-76218-2
  3. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0
  4. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1
  5. Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4
  6. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

See also[]

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