Humanism Figures
Five figures who shaped human-centered learning, dignity, ethics, and secular humanist organization.
5 profilesHumanism Figures
Petrarch
Petrarch is often called an early father of Renaissance humanism.
- Birth
- 1304 CE
- Region
- Italy
Pico della Mirandola
Pico became a symbol of Renaissance confidence in human possibility and learning.
- Birth
- 1463 CE
- Region
- Italy
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus made humanist scholarship a force in European religious and educational reform.
- Birth
- 1466 CE
- Region
- Western Europe
Corliss Lamont
Lamont helped define secular humanism for twentieth-century American audiences.
- Birth
- 1902 CE
- Region
- North America
Paul Kurtz
Kurtz gave organized secular humanism a durable institutional and publishing base.
- Birth
- 1925 CE
- Region
- North America