List of Famous people named Erasmus

Here are some famous Erasmuses:

Erasmus of Formiae

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Formiae
Born on January 1, 0300
Died on January 1, 0303 (aged 3)
Born in Hatay, Antakya

Erasmus of Formia, also known as Saint Elmo, was a Christian saint and martyr, who died c. 303. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain. Erasmus or Elmo is also one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, saintly figures of Christian tradition who are venerated especially as intercessors.

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Erasmus Darwin

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Darwin
Died on April 18, 1802

Erasmus Darwin was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet.

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Erasmus von Wurzbach-Tannenberg

First Name Erasmus
Born on June 3, 1813
Died on February 23, 1865 (aged 51)
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Erasmus Dryden

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Dryden
Born on January 1, 1602
Died on January 1, 1654 (aged 52)
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Erasmus Alvey Darwin

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Darwin
Born on December 29, 1804
Died on August 26, 1881 (aged 76)

Erasmus Alvey Darwin, nicknamed Eras or Ras, was the older brother of Charles Darwin, born five years earlier. They were brought up at the family home, The Mount House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the only other son besides Charles, the fourth of six children of Susannah and Robert Darwin, and the grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood, a family of the Unitarian church. He was a member of the semi-secretive Cambridge Apostles society, a debating club largely reserved for the brightest students.

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Erasmus Quellinus II

First Name Erasmus
Last Name II
Born on November 19, 1607
Died on November 7, 1678 (aged 70)

Erasmus Quellinus the Younger or Erasmus Quellinus II (1607–1678) was a Flemish painter, engraver, draughtsman and tapestry designer who worked in various genres including history, portrait, allegorical, battle and animal paintings. He was a pupil of Peter Paul Rubens and one of the closest collaborators of Rubens in the 1630s. Following Rubens' death in 1640 he became one of the most successful painters in Flanders. He was a prolific draughtsman who made designs for decorative programmes in the context of official celebrations, for publications by the local publishers and for tapestries and sculptures realised by the local workshops. His work reveals the Classicist trend in the Baroque.

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Erasmus Wolseley

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Wolseley
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Erasmus Quellinus the Elder

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Elder
Born on January 1, 1580
Died on January 22, 1640 (aged 60)

Erasmus Quellinus I or Erasmus Quellinus the Elder was a Flemish sculptor best known for classically inspired ornamentation work and copies after the antique. He was the founder of an important Antwerp dynasty of artists.

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Sir Erasmus Henry Dryden, 5th Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on May 2, 1669
Died on January 1, 1710 (aged 40)

Sir Erasmus Henry Dryden, 5th Baronet (1669–1710) was an English Roman Catholic priest.

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Erasmus Middleton

First Name Erasmus
Last Name Middleton
Born on March 31, 1739
Died on April 25, 1805 (aged 66)
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