Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Luo Guanzhong

羅貫中

Yuan Dynasty China

c. 1330 – c. 1400 (70 years old)

Pioneering Chinese novelist of the Yuan-Ming transition who wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Qingxu, China

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Hongwu Emperor

明太祖 (朱元璋)

Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Empire)

1328 – 1398 (69 years old)

Founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1398) Zhu Yuanzhang, who rose from an orphaned beggar and Buddhist novice monk to lead the Red Turban rebellion that expelled the Mongol Yuan dynasty from China, restoring native Han rule.

Nanjing (Jiangsu), China

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Hongwu Emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang)

明太祖朱元璋 (Zhu Yuanzhang)

Yuan Dynasty (China)

1328 – 1398 (69 years old)

Peasant monk who rose to lead the Red Turban Rebellion, drove out the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and founded the native Chinese Ming Dynasty.

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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Sir John Hawkwood (Giovanni Acuto)

Sir John Hawkwood / Giovanni Acuto

Kingdom of England

1 – 1394 (71 years old)

Legendary English mercenary captain (condottiero) who led the White Company in Italy, renowned for speed, tactical cunning, and professional discipline.

Florence, Italy

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Sergius of Radonezh

Сергий Радонежский

Grand Duchy of Vladimir

1314 – 1392 (78 years old)

Spiritual father of medieval Russia who founded the Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius and blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy before the historic Battle of Kulikovo.

Sergiyev Posad, Russia

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Abu Hammou Moussa II

أبو حمو موسى الثاني

🌐 Kingdom of Granada

1323 – 1389 (66 years old)

Zayyanid Sultan of Tlemcen, patron of arts and letters, celebrated poet, and author of the political treatise 'Wasitat al-Suluk', who restored Tlemcen's glory after Marinid occupations.

Tlemcen, Algeria

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Murad I

مراد الأول (Hüdavendigâr)

Ottoman Beylik

1326 – 1389 (62 years old)

Third Ottoman Sultan who transformed the Ottoman state into an empire, instituted the Devshirme and Janissary corps, conquered Adrianople (Edirne), and died victorious at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.

Bursa (and Pristina Cenotaph), Turkey

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Saint Dmitry Donskoy

Дмитрий Иванович Донской

Grand Duchy of Moscow (Russia)

1350 – 1389 (38 years old)

Grand Prince of Moscow who unified the Russian principalities and won the historic Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, breaking the myth of Tatar-Mongol invincibility.

Moscow, Russia

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Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband

بهاء الدين نقشبند

🌐 Chagatai Khanate

1318 – 1389 (71 years old)

Founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order whose golden principle 'Dil ba yar, dast ba kar' (Heart with God, hand in labor) established silent dhikr and active societal engagement across Eurasia.

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Hayam Wuruk

Hayam Wuruk (Sri Rajasanagara)

Majapahit Empire

1334 – 1389 (55 years old)

Fourth monarch of the Majapahit Empire whose reign alongside Prime Minister Gajah Mada represented the golden age of Indonesian maritime unity and classical Javanese culture.

Nganjuk (East Java), Indonesia

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Hayam Wuruk (Sri Rajasanagara / Emperor of Majapahit)

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Hayam Wuruk (Sri Rajasanagara / Emperor of Majapahit)

Hayam Wuruk (Śrī Rājasanagara)

Indonesia

c. 1334 CE – c. 1389 CE (55 years old)

Fourth monarch of the Majapahit Empire who, alongside Prime Minister Gajah Mada, guided Java to its golden age, uniting the entire Indonesian archipelago (Nusantara) from Sumatra to Papua under the national motto "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" (Unity in Diversity).

Trowulan, Indonesia

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Shatibi

إبراهيم بن موسى الشاطبي

🌐 Emirate of Granada

c. 1320 – 1388 (68 years old)

Andalusian legal philosopher whose groundbreaking work 'Al-Muwafaqat' founded the science of Maqasid al-Shariah (higher objectives of Islamic law), emphasizing universal human welfare.

Granada, Spain

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John Wycliffe

Kingdom of England

c. 1328 – 1384 (56 years old)

Oxford scholastic philosopher, theologian, and biblical translator hailed as the 'Morning Star of the Reformation' who produced the first complete English translation of the Bible.

Lutterworth, United Kingdom

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Bertrand du Guesclin (The Eagle of Brittany)

Bertrand du Guesclin (The Eagle of Brittany)

Bertrand du Guesclin

France

1 – 1380 (60 years old)

Constable of France and master of Fabian guerrilla warfare who recaptured nearly all territories lost to England in the Hundred Years' War.

Saint-Denis (Paris), France

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Caterina Benincasa

Caterina da Siena

🌐 Republic of Siena

1347 – 1380 (33 years old)

Dominican tertiary, mystic, and Doctor of the Church who boldly persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome from Avignon and authored 'The Dialogue of Divine Providence'.

Rome, Italy

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