Early modern people
2,141 people from early modern, sorted by fame.
Francis HutchesonAugust 8, 1694 – August 8, 1746 · Culture
Johann Franz EnckeSeptember 23, 1791 – August 26, 1865 · Science
John FranklinApril 16, 1786 – June 11, 1847 · Exploration
Luis Alejandro BerthierNovember 20, 1753 – June 1, 1815 · Art
Thomas Talliscirca 1505 – November 23, 1585 · Music
Adam FergusonJune 20, 1723 – February 22, 1816 · Culture
Annette von Droste-HülshoffJanuary 12, 1797 – May 24, 1848 · Music
Bernard MandevilleNovember 15, 1670 – January 21, 1733 · Culture
Bernardo BellottoMay 20, 1722 – November 17, 1780 · Art
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of RockinghamMay 13, 1730 – July 1, 1782 · Politics
Daniel RutherfordNovember 3, 1749 – November 15, 1819 · Science
Ernst Moritz ArndtDecember 26, 1769 – January 29, 1860 · Music
Étienne-Louis MalusJuly 23, 1775 – February 24, 1812 · Science
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de MaintenonNovember 27, 1635 – April 15, 1719 · Culture
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of GuilfordApril 13, 1732 – August 5, 1792 · Politics
Giambologna1529 – August 13, 1608 · Culture
GuercinoFebruary 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666 · Art
Hans Lippershaycirca 1570 – September 1619 · Technology
Henry FuseliFebruary 7, 1741 – April 16, 1825 · Art
Ismail IIAugust 31, 1533 – November 24, 1577 · Science
Jan Brueghel the Elder1568 – January 13, 1625 · Art
Jean MeslierJune 15, 1664 – June 17, 1729 · Culture
Jean Sylvain BaillySeptember 15, 1736 – November 12, 1793 · Science
Pieter Brueghel the Younger1564–1638 · Art
Pietro da CortonaNovember 1, 1596 – May 16, 1669 · Culture
Richard ArkwrightDecember 23, 1732 – August 3, 1792 · Technology
Robert AdamJuly 3, 1728 – March 3, 1792 · Culture
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of PortlandApril 14, 1738 – October 30, 1809 · Politics
William WhewellMay 24, 1794 – March 6, 1866 · Culture
Benjamin ThompsonMarch 26, 1753 – August 21, 1814 · Science- Christian GoldbachMarch 18, 1690 – November 20, 1764 · Science
Dositej ObradovićFebruary 17, 1742 – April 7, 1811 · Culture
Ernst ChladniNovember 30, 1756 – April 3, 1827 · Culture
Friedrich MohsJanuary 29, 1773 – September 29, 1839 · Science
Giovanni Battista PiranesiOctober 4, 1720 – November 9, 1778 · Culture- Jakob RoggeveenFebruary 1, 1659 – January 31, 1729 · Exploration
Johann Christoph GottschedFebruary 2, 1700 – December 12, 1766 · Culture
Johann Georg HamannAugust 27, 1730 – June 21, 1788 · Culture
Johann Peter EckermannSeptember 21, 1792 – December 3, 1854 · Culture
Johann Rudolf GlauberMarch 10, 1604 – March 16, 1670 · Science
John NewtonJuly 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807 · Music
John TolandNovember 30, 1670 – March 11, 1722 · Culture
Louis de BonaldOctober 2, 1754 – November 23, 1840 · Culture
Maria Anna MozartJuly 30, 1751 – October 29, 1829 · Music
Miguel López de LegazpiJune 12, 1502 – August 20, 1572 · Exploration
Mikhail LazarevNovember 3, 1788 – April 11, 1851 · Exploration
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La SalleNovember 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687 · Exploration
Robert Recordecirca 1510 – 1558 · Culture
Salvator RosaJune 20, 1615 – March 15, 1673 · Art
William Petty, 2nd Earl of ShelburneMay 2, 1737 – May 7, 1805 · Politics