Galileo Galilei15 February 1564, Italian
Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Rebel
John Locke29 August 1632, British
Father of Classical Liberalism
Voltaire21 November 1694, French
Writer
Francis Bacon22 January 1561, British
Philosopher
Blaise Pascal19 June 1623, French
French Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, Writer
Thomas Hobbes05 April 1588, British
Philosopher
Baruch Spinoza24 November 1632, Dutch
Dutch philosopher
Robert Hooke28 July 1635, British
Philosopher
William Penn14 October 1644, British
Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania
Montesquieu18 January 1689, French
Philosopher
Robert Boyle25 January 1627, Irish, British
Founder of Modern Chemistry, Boyle's Law
George Berkeley12 March 1685, Irish, British
philosopher
Roger Williams21 December 1603, British, American
Theologian
Alphonsus Liguori27 September 1696, Italian
Philisopher, Spiritual Writer, Theologian
René Déscartes31 March 1596, French
Mathematician, Philosopher and Writer
Gottfried W. Leibniz01 July 1646, German
Philosopher, Mathematician
Juana Inés de la Cruz12 November 1651, Mexican
Poet, Nun, Writer, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Emanuel Swedenborg29 January 1688, Swedish
Scientist, Philosopher, Theologian
Jean-Baptiste Colbert29 August 1619, French
Economist, Politician
Thomas Browne19 October 1605, British
Philosopher, Writer
John Amos Comenius28 March 1592, Czech
Writer, Linguist, Presbyter, Theologian,
Giambattista VicoItalian
Jakob Ammann12 February 1644, Swiss
Tailor
François Quesnay04 June 1694, French
Philosopher, Economist, Physician,
Francesco Redi18 February 1626, Italian
Physician, Naturalist, Poet, Writer, Painter,
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne1623 AD, British
philosopher, scientist, poet, science fiction
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet27 September 1627, French
Priest, Historian, Theologian, Writer, Cleric,
Nicolas Malebranche06 August 1638, French
Philosopher, Writer, Theologian
Pierre Gassendi22 January 1592, French
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer, Professor,
Francisco SuárezSpanish
Tommaso Campanella06 September 1568, Italian
philosopher, writer, poet, astrologer
William Petty26 May 1623, British
Economist, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Marin Mersenne08 September 1588, French
Philosopher, Theologian, Mathematician,
Pierre Bayle18 November 1647, French
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
Henry Vaughan17 April 1621, Welsh
Physician, Economist, Poet, Writer
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Hakuin Ekaku19 January 1686, Japanese
Algernon Sidney15 January 1623, British
Diplomat, Politician, Writer
Bernard Mandeville15 November 1670, Dutch
Philosopher, Economist, Writer
Dimitrie Cantemir26 October 1673
Anthropologist, Linguist, Historian, Philosopher,
Yamamoto Tsunetomo11 June 1659, Japanese
Philosopher, Writer
William Whiston09 December 1667, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Historian, University
Ludvig Holberg03 December 1684, Danish, Norwegian
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Historian,
Samuel von Pufendorf08 January 1632, German, Swedish
Jurist, Philosopher, Historian, University
Madame de La Fayette18 March 1634, French
Writer, Salon-holder, Novelist, Screenwriter,
Mary Astell12 November 1666, British
Writer, Philosopher, Feminist
Herman Boerhaave31 December 1668
Philosopher, Botanist, Physician, Anatomist,
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle11 February 1657, French
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Satirist,
Anthony Collins21 June 1676, British
Philosopher
Robert Barclay23 December 1648, American
Theologian, Writer
Baltasar Gracian08 January 1601, Spanish
Prose writer
John Law21 April 1671, Scottish
economist, banker, statistician
Christian Wolff24 January 1679, German, Polish
jurist, mathematician, philosopher, university
Robert South04 September 1634, British
Theologian
Francis Hutcheson08 August 1694, Irish, British
philosopher, economist
Bishop Robert South04 September 1634, British
English churchman