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

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
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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; c. 1193-1280)
* 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 (c. 1240 – c. 1280)
* 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 (c. 1290 – c. 1344)
* 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 (c. 1100 – c. 1160)
* 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; c. 1270 – c. 1330)

## 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)
* Nicholas of Autrecourt (c. 1300 – 1369)

## O

* William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349)
* 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 (c. 1250 – 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 (c. 1270 – c. 1320)
* 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 (c. 1050 – c. 1120)
* Jan van Ruysbroek (1293–1381)
* Richard Brinkley (fl. 1350–1373)

## 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 (c. 1260–1306)
* 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)
* 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 (c. 1080 – c. 1148)
* 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 (c. 1275 – c. 1345)

## Y

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

## Z

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