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

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

F

• Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
• Francis of Marchia
• Francis of Meyronnes (1285–1328)

G

• Gangeśa (fl. c. 1325)
• Gennadius Scholarius (died c. 1473)
• George of Trebizond (1395–1484)
• Gangesha Upadhyaya (14th century)
• Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187)
• Gerard of Odo (or Gerald Odonis; 1290–1349)
• Gersonides (or Levi ben Gershon; 1288–1344)
• Gervase of Canterbury (1141 - 1210)
• Gilbert of Poitiers (1070–1154)
• Giles of Rome (c. 1243 – 1316)
• Godfrey of Fontaines (c. 1250 – 1309)
• Gregory of Rimini (died 1358)

H

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

I

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

J

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

K

• Khana (12th century)
• Kavindra Tirtha (c. 1333 - c.1398)
• Kabir (c. 1398–1518)

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

• William of Ockham (-1349)
• Peter Olivi (1248–1298)
• Nicole Oresme (1320–1382)
• Omar Khayyám (1048–1131)

P

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

R

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

S

• Sa skya pandita (also Sagya Pandita or Sagypandita; 1182–1251)
• Shao Yung (1011–1077)
• Johannes Sharpe (ca. 1360-after 1415)
• Shinran (1173–1261)
• Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021–1058)
• Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera (1223–1290)
• Someshvara III (1127 – 1138 CE)
• Siddheshwar (12th century)
• Samuel Ibn Tibbon (c. 1165 – 1232)
• Simeon ben Zemah Duran (also Rashbaz) (1361–1444)
• Sigerus of Brabant (1240–1284)
• Simon of Faversham (–1306)
• Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash ibn Amirak al-Sohravardi (or al-Suhrawardi; 1154–1191)
• Henry Suso (1300–1366)

T

• Johannes Tauler (c. 1300 – 1361)
• Theodore Metochita (died 1332)
• Theodoric of Freiberg (c.1250 – c.1311)
• Thierry of Chartres (fl. c. 1130 – 1150)
• Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471)
• Thomas of Erfurt (14th century)
• Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1290 – 1349)
• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
• Thomas of York (13th century)
• Trivikrama Panditacharya (c.1258 - c.1320)
• Je Tsongkhapa (or Dzongkaba or Rinpoche; 1357–1419)
• Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201–1274)

U

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

V

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

W

• Walter of Ailly (13th century)
• Walter of Bruges (c. 1225 – 1307)
• Walter Hilton (c. 1343 – 1396)
• Walter of Mortagne (c. 1100 – 1174)
• William of Alnwick (1270–1333)
• William of Arnaud
• William of Heytesbury (or Hentisberus or Hentisberi or Tisberi; 1313–1373)
• William Crathorn (14th century)
• William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (1180–1249)
• William of Auxerre (died 1231)
• William of Bonkes
• Walter Chatton (1290–1343)
• William Buser (1339 – c. 1413)
• William of Champeaux (c. 1070 – 1121)
• William of Clifford (died 1306)
• William of Conches (c. 1080 – 1154)
• William of Durham (died 1249)
• William of Falgar (died 1297/8)
• William Hothum (c. 1245 – 1298)
• William de la Mare (fl. 1270s)
• William of Lucca (died 1178)
• William of Macclesfield (died 1303)
• William of Middleton (died c. 1260)
• William Milverley (fl. c. 1400)
• William of Moerbeke (c. 1215 – 1286)
• William of Newburgh (1136 - 1198)
• William of Nottingham I (died 1254)
• William of Nottingham II (c. 1282 – 1336)
• William of Pagula (c. 1290 – c. 1332)
• William Perault (c. 1200 – 1261)
• William Peter Godin (c. 1260 – 1336)
• William of Rubio (born c. 1290)
• William of Saint-Amour (c. 1200 – 1272)
• William of St-Thierry
• William of Sherwood (also Shyreswood &c.; 1190–1249)
• William of Soissons (12th century)
• William of Ware (fl. 1290–1305)
• Witelo (c. 1230 – c. 1290)
• Adam de Wodeham (1298–1358)
• John Wyclif (c. 1330 – 1384)
• Walter Burley

Y

• Yadava Prakaasa (12th century)
• Yehuda Halevi (c. 1085 – 1141)

Z

• Zeami Motokiyo (c. 1363 – c. 1443)
• Zhu Xi (or Chu Hsi) (1130–1200)

See also

• List of philosophers
• List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
• List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries
• List of philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries
• List of philosophers born in the 17th century
• List of philosophers born in the 18th century
• List of philosophers born in the 19th century
• List of philosophers born in the 20th century