- Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
- John Donne (1572-1631)
- Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
- Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
Herci
- Richard Burbage (1567-1619)
- William Kempe (1560-1603)
- Edward Alleyn (1566-1626)
- John Heminges (1556-1630)
- Henry Condell (1576-1627)
Dramatikov
- Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)
- George Peele (1556-1596)
- Thomas Dekker (1570-1641)
- Thomas Heywood (1573-1641)
- John Marston (1576-1634)
- George Chapman (1559-1634)
Skladatelia a hudobníci
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
- John Dowland (1563-1626)
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
Umelci a architekti
- Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619)
- Robert Peake starší (1551-1619)
- John de Critz (1551-1642)
- Inigo Jones (1573-1652)
Vedci a astronómovia
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
- William Gilbert (1544-1603)
- Thomas Harriot (1560-1621)
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
- Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Prieskumníci a navigátori
- Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)
- Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594)
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583)
- John Cabot (1450-1498)
- Krištof Kolumbus (1451-1506)
Náboženské postavy
- Alžbeta I. (1533-1603)
- Jakub I. (1566-1625)
- arcibiskup z Canterbury John Whitgift (1530-1604)
- Kardinál William Allen (1532-1594)
- Otec Robert Southwell (1561-1595)