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Political Philosopher
Francis Bacon22 January 1561, British
Philosopher
René Déscartes31 March 1596, French
Mathematician, Philosopher and Writer
Nicolaus Copernicus19 February 1473, Polish
Thomas Hobbes05 April 1588, British
Philosopher
Giordano Bruno1548 AD, Italian
Philosopher
Saint Teresa of Avila28 March 1515, Spanish
Saint
Michel de Montaigne28 February 1533, French
Philosopher
John Dee13 July 1527, British
Mathematician, Philosopher
Teresa of Ávila28 March 1515, Spanish
Saint
Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī26 June 1564, Indian
Islamic scholar
Hugo Grotius10 April 1583, Dutch
Jurist
Cesare Beccaria15 March 1738, Italian
Jurist
Vallabha27 April 1479, Indian
Philosopher
Jean Bodin1529 AD, French
jurist, philosopher, economist, historian,
Mulla Sadra1571 AD, Iranian
philosopher, writer
Jacobus Arminius10 October 1560, Dutch
Theologian, University teacher
Francisco Suárez05 January 1548, Spanish
Priest
Wang Yangming26 October 1472, Chinese
Calligrapher
Marin Mersenne08 September 1588, French
Philosopher, Theologian, Mathematician,
Dadu Dayal1544 AD, Indian
Hindu saint
Francisco de Vitoria1483 AD, Spanish
philosopher, writer, religious, university
Tommaso Campanella06 September 1568, Italian
philosopher, writer, poet, astrologer
Pierre Gassendi22 January 1592, French
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Professor,
Rupa Goswami1493 AD, Bangladeshi
Scholar and author
Justus Lipsius18 October 1547, Belgian
Philosopher
Thomas Cajetan20 February 1469, Italian
Philosopher
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert03 March 1582, British
Soldier
Petrus Ramus1515 AD, French
Philosopher
Luis de Molina29 September 1535, Spanish
Theologian
Baha' al-din al-'Amili18 February 1547, Iranian, Lebanese
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Uriel Acosta1585 AD, Portuguese
Philosopher
Gemma Frisius09 December 1508, Dutch
Physician
Giovanni Botero1544 AD, Italian
Poet
Mīr Dāmād1561 AD, Iraqi
Islamic philosopher
Hector Boece1465 AD, Scottish
Scottish philosopher
Damião de Góis02 February 1502, Portuguese
Philosopher
Pietro Pomponazzi16 September 1462, Italian
Philosopher
Demetrios Chalkokondyles31 July 1423, Greek
Scholar
Matthias Flacius03 March 1520, Croatian
Theologian
Hayashi Razan1583 AD, Japanese
Philosopher
Bernardino Telesio07 November 1509, Italian
Philosopher
Johannes Althusius1557 AD, German
Jurist
William Ames1576 AD, British
Theologian
John of St. Thomas09 June 1589, Portuguese
Philosopher
Andrea Cesalpino06 June 1519, Italian
Physician
Francisco Sanches1550 AD, Spanish, Portuguese
Philosopher
Pierre Charron1541 AD, French
Theologian
Raghunatha Shiromani1477 AD, Indian
Philosopher
François de La Mothe Le Vayer01 August 1588, French
Writer
Melchor Cano06 January 1509, Spanish
Theologian
Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki1530 AD, Polish
Philosopher
Muretus12 April 1526, French
Author
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Philosopher
Jacques Besson1540 AD, French
Inventor
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Jurist
Robert Balfour1553 AD, Scottish
Philosopher
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Scholar