Rhenanus

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Rhenanus is the name of the following people:

  • Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547; actually Beat Bild), German humanist and philologist
  • Beatus Rhenanus as the pseudonym of Theodor Birt (1852-1933; German classical philologist and writer)
  • Johannes Rhenanus (* around 1528, † 1589; actually Johann Rheinland), German theologian, alchemist, salinist and author
  • Johannes Rhenanus (medic) , lived at the beginning of the 17th century, grandson of Johannes Rhenanus, personal physician of Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel and author of alchemical books