People

Michel de Nostredame

People · 1503

Nostredame, French astrologer, reputed seer

People · 1503

Heinrich Bullinger

People · 1504

Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Reformer and theologian

People · 1504

John Calvin

People · 1509

John Calvin, French theologian, pastor, reformer

People · 1509

John Calvin, French theologian

People · 1509

John Calvin, French theologian, pastor, reformer

People · 1509

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

People · 1510

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador

People · 1510

Gerardus Mercator

People · 1512

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish geographer, cosmographer, cartographer

People · 1512

Andreas Vesalius

People · 1514

Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist, physician

People · 1514

Conrad Gessner

People · 1516

Conrad Gessner, Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, philologist

People · 1516

Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto)

People · 1518

Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, Italian painter

People · 1518

Elizabeth I

People · 1533

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland

People · 1533

Juan Fernández

People · 1536

Juan Fernández, Spanish explorer, navigator

People · 1536

Francis Drake

People · 1540

Sir Francis Drake, English explorer, privateer

People · 1540

Sir Francis Drake

People · 1540

Joseph Justus Scaliger

People · 1540

Joseph Justus Scaliger, Franco-Italian religious leader, scholar, historian

People · 1540

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

People · 1547

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer, soldier

People · 1547

Giordano Bruno

People · 1548

Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, poet, cosmological theorist

People · 1548

Simon Stevin

People · 1548

Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, cosmological theorist

People · 1548

Simon Stevin, Flemish mathematician, scientist

People · 1548

Michael Maestlin

People · 1550

Michael Maestlin, German astronomer, mathematician

People · 1550

John Napier

People · 1550

John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer

People · 1550

Walter Raleigh

People · 1554

Sir Walter Raleigh, English statesman/writer/explorer

People · 1554

Sir Walter Raleigh

People · 1554

Anne Hathaway

People · 1556

Anne Hathaway, English poet, playwright, actor

People · 1556

Isaac Casaubon

People · 1559

Isaac Casaubon, French scholar, philologist

People · 1559

Francis Bacon

People · 1561

Edward Wright

People · 1561

Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman

People · 1561

Edward Wright, English mathematician

People · 1561

Henry Briggs

People · 1561

Henry Briggs, English mathematician

People · 1561

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

People · 1563

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Portuguese navigator

People · 1563

Galileo Galilei

People · 1564

William Shakespeare

People · 1564

Galileo, Italian polymath

People · 1564

Shakespeare, English playwright, poet, actor

People · 1564

William Shakespeare, English playwright/poet/actor

People · 1564

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei

People · 1564

Galileo Galilei, Italian polymath

People · 1564

Giovanni Baglione

People · 1566

Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter, art historian

People · 1566

Samuel de Champlain

People · 1567

Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, navigator, cartographer

People · 1567

Johannes Kepler

People · 1571

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

People · 1571

Mulla Sadra

People · 1571

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, mathematician

People · 1571

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer

People · 1571

Mulla Sadra, Persian mystic, philosopher, theologian

People · 1571

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

People · 1571

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter

People · 1571

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, publisher

People · 1571

Thomas Dekker

People · 1572

Thomas Dekker, English Elizabethan dramatist/pamphleteer, writer

People · 1572

William Oughtred

People · 1574

William Oughtred, English mathematician

People · 1574

Johann Carolus

People · 1575

Johann Carolus, German publisher of the first newspaper

People · 1575

William Harvey

People · 1578

William Harvey, English physician

People · 1578

Edmund Gunter

People · 1581

Edmund Gunter, English clergyman, mathematician, astronomer

People · 1581

James Ussher

People · 1581

James Ussher, Irish scholar, church leader

People · 1581

Myles Standish

People · 1584

Myles Standish, English military officer for Plymouth Colony

People · 1584

Myles Standish, English military officer, adviser

People · 1584

Thomas Hobbes

People · 1588

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher

People · 1588

Wilhelm Schickard

People · 1592

Wilhelm Schickard, German professor of Hebrew, astronomy

People · 1592

Artemisia Gentileschi

People · 1593

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter

People · 1593

René Descartes

People · 1596

René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician

People · 1596

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

People · 1598

Bernini, Italian sculptor, architect

People · 1598

Oliver Cromwell

People · 1599

Oliver Cromwell, English statesman

People · 1599

John Lightfoot

People · 1602

John Lightfoot, English churchman, rabbinical scholar

People · 1602

Rembrandt van Rijn

People · 1606

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter, printmaker

People · 1606

John Milton

People · 1608

John Milton, English poet, civil servant

People · 1608

Blaise Pascal

People · 1623

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor

People · 1623

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, inventor, writer

People · 1623

Robert Boyle

People · 1627

Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist

People · 1627

John Bunyan

People · 1628

John Bunyan, English writer, Puritan preacher

People · 1628

Christiaan Huygens

People · 1629

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch polymath

People · 1629

John Dryden

People · 1631

John Dryden, English poet

People · 1631

Johannes Vermeer

People · 1632

Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter

People · 1632

Johannes (Jan) Vermeer

People · 1632

John Locke

People · 1632

Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, Dutch Baroque Period painter

People · 1632

John Locke, English philosopher, physician

People · 1632

Sir Henry Morgan

People · 1635

Sir Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer

People · 1635

Robert Hooke

People · 1635

Robert Hooke FRS, English polymath

People · 1635

Robert Hooke, English scientist, architect

People · 1635

James Gregory

People · 1638

James Gregory, Scottish mathematician, astronomer

People · 1638

Isaac Newton

People · 1642

Sir Isaac Newton, English polymath

People · 1642

Sir Isaac Newton

People · 1642

Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, alchemist

People · 1643

William Penn

People · 1644

William Penn, English writer, religious thinker

People · 1644

Captain William Kidd

People · 1645

William Kidd, Scottish privateer

People · 1645

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

People · 1645

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, diplomat

People · 1645

John Flamsteed

People · 1646

John Flamsteed, English astronomer

People · 1646

William Cookesbury

People · 1650

William Cookesbury, London capper, haberdasher, supplier of feathers

People · 1650

Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel)

People · 1653

Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel), German composer, organist, teacher

People · 1653

Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco

People · 1655

Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco, Italian musical instrument maker

People · 1655

Henry Every (also Henry Avery/Jack Avery/John Avery)

People · 1659

Henry Every (also Henry Avery/Jack Avery/John Avery), English pirate

People · 1659

Christopher Polhem

People · 1661

Giacomo Antonio Perti

People · 1661

Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist, inventor, industrialist

People · 1661

Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer

People · 1661

Jonathan Swift

People · 1667

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, author

People · 1667

Lewis Morris

People · 1671

Lewis Morris, British administrator in America

People · 1671

Isaac Watts

People · 1674

Isaac Watts, English minister, hymn writer

People · 1674

Antonio Vivaldi

People · 1678

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, violinist

People · 1678

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

People · 1678

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer, virtuoso violinist

People · 1678

Bartholomew Roberts

People · 1682

"Black Bart", Welsh pirate

People · 1682

George Frideric Handel

People · 1685

Johann Sebastian Bach

People · 1685

Handel, German composer

People · 1685

Bach, German composer, musician

People · 1685

Georg Friederich Händel

People · 1685

Anne Bonny

People · 1685

Johann Sebastian Bach, German

People · 1685

Georg Friederich Händel, German-British

People · 1685

Anne Bonny, Irish pirate

People · 1685

Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, musician

People · 1685

George Frideric Handel, German-British Baroque composer

People · 1685

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

People · 1686

Daniel Fahrenheit, German-Poplish physicist, engineer

People · 1686

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist, inventor

People · 1686

Alexander Pope

People · 1688

Alexander Pope, English poet

People · 1688

John Quincy

People · 1689

John Quincy, American soldier, politician

People · 1689

Christian Goldbach

People · 1690

Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician

People · 1690

John Harrison

People · 1693

John Harrison, English carpenter, clockmaker, inventor

People · 1693

François-Marie Arouet

People · 1694

Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist, historian

People · 1694

François-Marie Arouet (also Voltaire)

People · 1694

François-Marie Arouet (also Voltaire), French writer, philosopher, satirist, historian

People · 1694

Daniel Bernoulli

People · 1700

Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, physicist

People · 1700

Mary Read

People · 1700

John Wesley

People · 1703

John Wesley, English cleric, theologian, evangelist

People · 1703

Benjamin Franklin, American polymath

People · 1705

Benjamin Franklin

People · 1706

Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, Founding Father

People · 1706

Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, Founding Father

People · 1706

Charles Wesley

People · 1707

Leonhard Euler

People · 1707

Charles Wesley, English cleric, hymnist

People · 1707

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician

People · 1707

Samuel Johnson

People · 1709

Samuel Johnson, English writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist

People · 1709

Mikhail Lomonosov

People · 1711

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist, writer

People · 1711

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

People · 1712

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, writer, composer

People · 1712

Christoph Willibald Gluck

People · 1714

Christoph Willibald Gluck, German opera composer

People · 1714

Christoph Willibald Gluck, French-Italian opera composer

People · 1714

James Hargreaves

People · 1720

James Hargreaves, English weaver, carpenter, inventor

People · 1720

Peyton Randolph

People · 1721

Mary Read, English pirate

People · 1721

Peyton Randolph, American Founding Father

People · 1721

Samuel Adams

People · 1722

Samuel Adams, American Founding Father

People · 1722

Henry Laurens

People · 1723

Adam Smith

People · 1723

Henry Laurens, American Founding Father

People · 1723

Adam Smith, Scottish economist, philosopher

People · 1723

Immanuel Kant

People · 1724

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, key figure in modern philosophy

People · 1724

John Newton

People · 1725

John Newton, English evangelical Anglican cleric, slavery abolitionist

People · 1725

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova

People · 1725

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, Venetian adventurer, writer

People · 1725

James Cook

People · 1728

James Cook, British explorer, cartographer

People · 1728

Samuel Wallis

People · 1728

Samuel Wallis, British naval officer, explorer

People · 1728

Mercy Otis Warren

People · 1728

Mercy Otis Warren, American activist poet, playwright, pamphleteer

People · 1728

George Parsons

People · 1729

Catherine II (Catherine the Great)

People · 1729

Catherine II (Catherine the Great), empress of Russia

People · 1729

Moses Mendelssohn

People · 1729

Moses Mendelssohn, German-Jewish philosopher, theologian

People · 1729

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington

People · 1731

Martha Washington, inaugural first lady

People · 1731

Franz Joseph Haydn

People · 1732

Richard Henry Lee

People · 1732

Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer

People · 1732

Richard Henry Lee, American Founding Father

People · 1732

Daniel Boone

People · 1734

Daniel Boone, American pioneer, frontiersman

People · 1734

Paul Revere

People · 1734

Paul Revere, American silversmith, industrialist

People · 1734

Robert Morris Jr., British-born American merchant, investor, politician, Founding Father

People · 1734

James Watt

People · 1736

Joseph Louis Lagrange

People · 1736

James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer

People · 1736

Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer

People · 1736

Patrick Henry

People · 1736

Patrick Henry, American Founding Father

People · 1736

John Hancock

People · 1737

Thomas Paine

People · 1737

John Hancock, American Founding Father

People · 1737

Thomas Paine, American Founding Father, author

People · 1737

Robert Yates

People · 1738

Robert Yates, American Founding Father

People · 1738

George Clinton

People · 1739

George Clinton, American Founding Father

People · 1739

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

People · 1740

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck

People · 1740

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French aviation pioneer

People · 1740

James Boswell, Scottish lawyer, diarist, author

People · 1740

Benedict Arnold

People · 1740

Benedict Arnold, American-born traitor, British military officer

People · 1740

Nathanael Greene

People · 1742

Nathanael Greene, American military officer

People · 1742

Melancton Smith

People · 1744

Abigail Smith Adams

People · 1744

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

People · 1744

Pierre François André Méchain

People · 1744

Melancton Smith, American merchant, lawyer, Anti-Federalist

People · 1744

Abigail Adams, second first lady

People · 1744

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, biologist, academic, soldier

People · 1744

Pierre Méchain, French astronomer, surveyor

People · 1744

John Jay

People · 1745

Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier

People · 1745

John Jay, American Founding Father

People · 1745

Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French aviation pioneer

People · 1745

Anthony Wayne

People · 1745

Anthony Wayne, American soldier, officer, statesman, Founding Father

People · 1745

Francisco Goya

People · 1746

Francisco Goya, Spanish painter, printmaker

People · 1746

Jacques Alexandre César Charles

People · 1746

Jacques Alexandre César Charles, French inventor, mathematician, balloonist

People · 1746

Col. John Stevens, III

People · 1749

Edward Jenner

People · 1749

Col. John Stevens, III, American lawyer, engineer, inventor

People · 1749

Edward Jenner, English physician, scientist

People · 1749

Pierre-Simon Laplace

People · 1749

Pierre-Simon Laplace, French physicist, astronomer, philosopher

People · 1749

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People · 1749

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, scientist

People · 1749