| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Abelard |
Philosopher |
1079 |
21-Apr-1142 |
French scholastic philosopher |
| Cornelius Agrippa |
Magician |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| Ulisse Aldrovandi |
Naturalist |
11-Sep-1522 |
10-Mar-1605 |
Pioneering entomologist and naturalist |
| Ethan Allen |
Military |
10-Jan-1739 |
12-Feb-1789 |
Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys |
| Anaxagoras |
Philosopher |
c. 500 BC |
c. 428 BC |
Matter composed of infinite elements |
| Averroës |
Philosopher |
1126 |
1198 |
Islamic commentator on the classics |
| Robert Barnes |
Religion |
1495 |
30-Jul-1540 |
English reformer and martyr |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1863 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| John Biddle |
Religion |
1615 |
22-Sep-1662 |
Father of English Unitarianism |
| Thomas Bilney |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
19-Aug-1531 |
English martyr, influenced Latimer |
| Jakob Boehme |
Religion |
1575 |
17-Nov-1624 |
German Protestant mystic |
| Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
| Thomas François Burgers |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1834 |
9-Dec-1881 |
President of Transvaal Republic |
| Girolamo Cardano |
Doctor |
24-Sep-1501 |
21-Sep-1576 |
De Subtilitate |
| Thomas Cranmer |
Religion |
2-Jul-1489 |
21-Mar-1556 |
First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Jacques DeMolay |
Military |
c. 1244 |
18-Mar-1314 |
Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| Galileo Galilei |
Astronomer |
15-Feb-1564 |
8-Jan-1642 |
Copernican observational astronomer |
| Nicholas Grimald |
Poet |
1519 |
1559 |
Songes and Sonettes |
| Patrick Hamilton |
Religion |
1504 |
29-Feb-1528 |
Scottish Lutheran martyr |
| John Hooper |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
9-Feb-1555 |
Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester |
| Jan Hus |
Religion |
c. 1373 |
6-Jul-1415 |
Czech reformer and martyr |
| Joan of Arc |
Religion |
6-Jan-1412 |
30-May-1431 |
Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake |
| Henry of Lausanne |
Religion |
fl. 12th c. |
fl. 12th c. |
12th century French heretic |
| St. Ignatius of Loyola |
Religion |
1491 |
31-Jul-1556 |
Founder of the Jesuit order |
| Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| Gerard Mercator |
Cartographer |
5-Mar-1512 |
2-Dec-1594 |
The Mercator Projection |
| William of Ockham |
Philosopher |
c. 1285 |
9-Apr-1348 |
Occam's Razor |
| Sir John Oldcastle |
Military |
c. 1378 |
14-Dec-1417 |
Lollard rebel leader |
| Catherine Parr |
Royalty |
1512 |
7-Sep-1548 |
Final wife of King Henry VIII |
| Nicholas Ridley |
Religion |
c. 1500 |
16-Oct-1555 |
Anglican Bishop and martyr |
| Girolamo Savonarola |
Religion |
21-Sep-1452 |
23-May-1498 |
Italian monk and martyr |
| Kaspar Schwenkfeld |
Religion |
1489 |
10-Dec-1561 |
Vergötterung |
| Michael Servetus |
Religion |
c. 1511 |
27-Oct-1553 |
De Trinitatis Erroribus |
| Socrates |
Philosopher |
469 BC |
399 BC |
Developer of the Socratic Method |
| Baruch de Spinoza |
Philosopher |
24-Nov-1632 |
21-Feb-1677 |
Rationalist, lensmaker |
| Mahmoud Muhammad Taha |
Religion |
c. 1909 |
18-Jan-1985 |
Progressive Islamic theologian |
| William Tyndale |
Religion |
1492 |
6-Oct-1536 |
Bible translator, burnt at the stake |
| Lorenzo Valla |
Scholar |
1407 |
1-Aug-1457 |
Debunked the Donation of Constantine |
| George Wishart |
Religion |
c. 1513 |
1-Mar-1546 |
Scottish religious reformer and martyr |
