Early modern people
2,141 people from early modern, sorted by fame.
Albrecht von HallerOctober 16, 1708 – December 12, 1777 · Science
DomenichinoOctober 21, 1581 – April 15, 1641 · Culture
Domenico Fontana1543 – June 28, 1607 · Culture
Edme Mariotte1620 – May 12, 1684 · Science
Eugène ScribeDecember 24, 1791 – February 20, 1861 · Music- Giovanni Gabrieli1557 – August 12, 1612 · Music
Hendrick AvercampJanuary 27, 1585 – May 15, 1634 · Art
Horace Bénédict de SaussureFebruary 17, 1740 – January 22, 1799 · Science
Jacob JordaensMay 19, 1593 – October 18, 1678 · Art
James GregoryNovember 1638 – October 1675 · Technology
Joseph Wright of DerbySeptember 3, 1734 – August 29, 1797 · Art
Karl Ludwig HardingSeptember 29, 1765 – August 31, 1834 · Science
Ludolph van CeulenJanuary 28, 1540 – December 31, 1610 · Science
Meriwether LewisAugust 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809 · Exploration
Michel ChaslesNovember 15, 1793 – December 18, 1880 · Science
Nicolas-Joseph CugnotFebruary 26, 1725 – October 2, 1804 · Technology
Pavel Jozef ŠafárikMay 13, 1795 – June 26, 1861 · Culture
Samuel CromptonDecember 3, 1753 – June 26, 1827 · Technology
Semyon DezhnyovMarch 7, 1605 – 1673 · Exploration
Thomas Harriotcirca 1560 – July 2, 1621 · Science
Thomas ReidApril 26, 1710 – October 7, 1796 · Culture
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron GrenvilleOctober 25, 1759 – January 12, 1834 · Politics
Adamantios KoraisApril 27, 1748 – April 6, 1833 · Culture
Anne BradstreetMarch 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672 · Culture
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonSeptember 28, 1735 – March 14, 1811 · Politics
Baldassare GaluppiOctober 18, 1706 – January 3, 1785 · Music
Christian Gottfried EhrenbergApril 19, 1795 – June 27, 1876 · Exploration
Christopher ClaviusMarch 25, 1538 – February 6, 1612 · Science
Ernst Heinrich WeberJune 24, 1795 – January 26, 1878 · Science
FarinelliJanuary 24, 1705 – July 15, 1782 · Music
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado1510 – September 22, 1554 · Exploration
Friedrich Heinrich JacobiJanuary 25, 1743 – March 10, 1819 · Culture
Georg Joachim RheticusFebruary 16, 1514 – December 4, 1574 · Science
Gerard van HonthorstNovember 4, 1592 – April 27, 1656 · Art
Giacomo Barozzi da VignolaOctober 1, 1507 – July 7, 1573 · Culture
Hans SloaneApril 16, 1660 – January 11, 1753 · Exploration
Jan van RiebeeckApril 21, 1619 – January 18, 1677 · Exploration
Jeanne BaretJuly 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807 · Exploration
Joseph ProustSeptember 26, 1754 – July 5, 1826 · Science
Judah Loew ben Bezalelcirca 1520 – September 17, 1609 · Culture
Judith Leyster1609 – February 10, 1660 · Art
Lavinia Fontanacirca August 24, 1552 – August 11, 1614 · Art
Louis Nicolas VauquelinMay 16, 1763 – November 14, 1829 · Science
Mathurin Jacques BrissonApril 30, 1723 – June 23, 1806 · Culture
Matthew BoultonSeptember 3, 1728 – August 17, 1809 · Technology
Philippe de ChampaigneMay 26, 1602 – August 12, 1674 · Art
Philippe II, Duke of OrléansAugust 2, 1674 – December 2, 1723 · Art
Pierre MéchainAugust 16, 1744 – September 20, 1804 · Science
René Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurFebruary 28, 1683 – October 17, 1757 · Culture
Ulisse AldrovandiSeptember 11, 1522 – May 4, 1605 · Art