Find out more about the greatest 17th Century Physicists, including Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, Robert Hooke and Robert Boyle

Famous 17th Century Physicists

Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton
04 January 1643, British
Mathematician
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei
15 February 1564, Italian
Astronomer

Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal
19 June 1623, French
French Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, Writer

Robert HookeRobert Hooke
28 July 1635, British
Philosopher

Robert BoyleRobert Boyle
25 January 1627, Irish, British
Founder of Modern Chemistry, Boyle's Law

Evangelista TorricelliEvangelista Torricelli
15 October 1608, Italian
Physicist
Daniel Gabriel FahrenheitDaniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
24 May 1686, Polish
Physicist, Inventor

Marin MersenneMarin Mersenne
08 September 1588, French
Philosopher, Theologian, Mathematician,

Otto von GuerickeOtto von Guericke
20 November 1602, German
physicist, inventor, politician, dilettante,
Ole RømerOle Rømer
25 September 1644, Danish
Astronomer, Physicist, Scientist, University

William WhistonWilliam Whiston
09 December 1667, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Historian, University
Guillaume AmontonsGuillaume Amontons
31 August 1663, French
Physicist

Stephen HalesStephen Hales
17 September 1677, British
Botanist, Physicist, Chemist

Francis HauksbeeFrancis Hauksbee
1660 AD, British
Scientist

Giovanni Alfonso BorelliGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
28 January 1608, Italian
Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Historian of

Pieter van MusschenbroekPieter van Musschenbroek
14 March 1692, Dutch
Scientist
Edme MariotteEdme Mariotte
1620 AD, French
Physicist

Firmin AbauzitFirmin Abauzit
11 November 1679, French
Scholar

George HadleyGeorge Hadley
12 February 1685, British
Lawyer

Rasmus BartholinRasmus Bartholin
13 August 1625, Danish
Physician
Niccolò ZucchiNiccolò Zucchi
06 December 1586, Italian
Astronomer

Jean de HautefeuilleJean de Hautefeuille
20 March 1647, French
Physicist