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
Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei
15 February 1564, Italian
Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Rebel

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

Otto von GuerickeOtto von Guericke
20 November 1602, German
physicist, inventor, politician, dilettante,

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

Ole RømerOle Rømer
25 September 1644, Danish
Astronomer, Physicist, Scientist, University
William WhistonWilliam Whiston
09 December 1667, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Historian, University

Stephen HalesStephen Hales
17 September 1677, British
Botanist, Physicist, Chemist
Giovanni Alfonso BorelliGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
28 January 1608, Italian
Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Historian of