1500
- Anne Boleyn (1507–1536)
- Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554)
- Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
- Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)
- Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
- Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
- Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
- Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
- Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
- Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
- Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
- Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
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