Early modern people
2,141 people from early modern, sorted by fame.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneMarch 15, 1779 – November 24, 1848 · Politics
William PettyMay 26, 1623 – December 16, 1687 · Culture
Annibale CarracciNovember 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609 · Art
Nikolaj Frederik Severin GrundtvigSeptember 8, 1783 – September 2, 1872 · Culture
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolJune 7, 1770 – December 4, 1828 · Politics
William BucklandMarch 12, 1784 – August 14, 1856 · Science
August Heinrich Hoffmann von FallerslebenApril 2, 1798 – January 19, 1874 · Music
AvvakumNovember 20, 1620 – April 14, 1682 · Exploration
Domenico CimarosaDecember 17, 1749 – January 11, 1801 · Music
Elena Cornaro PiscopiaJune 5, 1646 – July 26, 1684 · Culture
Friedrich Wilhelm ArgelanderMarch 22, 1799 – February 17, 1875 · Science
Gérard DesarguesFebruary 21, 1591 – October 9, 1661 · Culture
Giovanni Battista BelzoniNovember 5, 1778 – December 3, 1823 · Exploration
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount SidmouthMay 30, 1757 – February 15, 1844 · Politics
Jan Evangelista PurkyněDecember 17, 1787 – July 28, 1869 · Culture
Karl DraisApril 29, 1785 – December 10, 1851 · Technology
Lazzaro SpallanzaniJanuary 12, 1729 – February 12, 1799 · Science
Marc-Antoine Charpentier1643 – February 24, 1704 · Music
Martin Heinrich KlaprothDecember 1, 1743 – January 1, 1817 · Technology
Mary Wortley MontaguMay 15, 1689 – August 21, 1762 · Exploration
Muzio ClementiJanuary 23, 1752 – March 10, 1832 · Music
ParmigianinoJanuary 11, 1503 – August 24, 1540 · Culture
Wilhelm Friedemann BachNovember 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784 · Music
Anna Pavlovna of RussiaJanuary 18, 1795 – March 1, 1865 · Art
František PalackýJune 14, 1798 – May 26, 1876 · Culture
Giovanni Antonio ScopoliJune 3, 1723 – May 8, 1788 · Science
Giovanni PaisielloMay 9, 1740 – June 5, 1816 · Music
Herman BoerhaaveDecember 31, 1668 – September 23, 1738 · Culture
Jacob van Ruisdael1628–1682 · Art
Jacopo PeriAugust 20, 1561 – August 12, 1633 · Music
Jan Baptist van Helmont1577 – December 30, 1644 · Culture
Ján KollárJuly 29, 1793 – January 24, 1852 · Culture
Johann Elert BodeJanuary 19, 1747 – 1826 · Science
Johann Nepomuk HummelNovember 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837 · Music
Johann Wolfgang DöbereinerDecember 13, 1780 – March 24, 1849 · Science
John GayJune 30, 1685 – December 4, 1732 · Music
John HarrisonMarch 24, 1693 – March 24, 1776 · Technology
Joseph Marie JacquardJuly 7, 1752 – August 7, 1834 · Technology
Sayat-NovaJune 14, 1712 – September 22, 1795 · Music
Sequoyahcirca 1770 – August 1843 · Technology
Simon MariusJanuary 10, 1573 – December 26, 1624 · Science
Willebrord SnelliusJune 13, 1580 – October 30, 1626 · Science
William Byrd1543 – July 4, 1623 · Music
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of DevonshireMay 8, 1720 – October 2, 1764 · Politics
Yosa Buson1716 – January 17, 1784 · Art
Carlo GesualdoMarch 8, 1566 – September 8, 1613 · Music
Carlo MadernoMay 14, 1556 – January 30, 1629 · Culture
Colin MacLaurinFebruary 1698 – June 14, 1746 · Science
Eli WhitneyDecember 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825 · Technology
Félicité de La MennaisJune 19, 1782 – February 27, 1854 · Culture