Find out more about the greatest 16th Century Philosophers, including Galileo Galilei, René Déscartes, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus and Thomas Hobbes.
Galileo Galilei15 February 1564, Italian
Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Rebel
Niccolò Machiavelli03 May 1469, Italian
Political Philosopher
Nicolaus Copernicus19 February 1473, Polish
Francis Bacon22 January 1561, British
Philosopher
Thomas Hobbes05 April 1588, British
Philosopher
Michel de Montaigne28 February 1533, French
Philosopher
Saint Teresa of Avila28 March 1515, Spanish
Saint
René Déscartes31 March 1596, French
Mathematician, Philosopher and Writer
Giordano Bruno1548 AD, Italian
Philosopher
John Dee13 July 1527, British
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Writer,
Hugo Grotius10 April 1583, Dutch
Jurist
Gerolamo Cardano24 September 1501, Italian
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Inventor,
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa14 September 1486, German
Physician
John Amos Comenius28 March 1592, Czech
Writer, Linguist, Presbyter, Theologian,
Jean Bodin1529 AD, French
jurist, philosopher, economist, historian,
Jacobus Arminius10 October 1560, Dutch
Theologian, University teacher
Mulla Sadra1571 AD, Iranian
philosopher, writer
Francisco de Vitoria1483 AD, Spanish
philosopher, writer, religious, university
Pierre Gassendi22 January 1592, French
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Professor,
Francisco SuárezSpanish
Tommaso Campanella06 September 1568, Italian
philosopher, writer, poet, astrologer
Marin Mersenne08 September 1588, French
Philosopher, Theologian, Mathematician,
Thomas Cajetan20 February 1469, Italian
philosopher, Catholic priest
Étienne de La Boétie
Teresa of Ávila28 March 1515, Spanish
Philosopher, Writer, Cleric