Early modern people
2,141 people from early modern, sorted by fame.
William OughtredMarch 5, 1574 – June 13, 1660 · Technology
Bernard Germain de LacépèdeDecember 26, 1756 – October 6, 1825 · Music
Claude-Louis NavierFebruary 10, 1785 – August 21, 1836 · Science
Daniel BooneNovember 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820 · Exploration
Eva EkebladJuly 10, 1724 – May 15, 1786 · Technology
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount GoderichNovember 1, 1782 – January 28, 1859 · Politics
Francesco GuardiOctober 5, 1712 – January 1, 1793 · Art
Francesco Maria GrimaldiApril 2, 1618 – December 1663 · Science
Giovanni Alfonso BorelliJanuary 28, 1608 – December 31, 1679 · Technology
Giovanni Battista RiccioliApril 17, 1598 – June 25, 1671 · Culture
Giuseppe TorelliApril 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709 · Music
Godfrey KnellerAugust 8, 1646 – October 1723 · Art
Hans EgedeJanuary 31, 1686 – November 5, 1758 · Exploration
Hasekura Tsunenaga1571 – August 7, 1622 · Exploration
Henry BriggsFebruary 1, 1561 – January 26, 1630 · Science
Hortense de BeauharnaisApril 10, 1783 – October 5, 1837 · Music
Hyacinthe RigaudJuly 18, 1659 – December 29, 1743 · Art
Jacques CassiniFebruary 18, 1677 – April 15, 1756 · Science
Jacques CharlesNovember 12, 1746 – April 7, 1823 · Technology
Jan van GoyenJanuary 13, 1596 – April 27, 1656 · Art
Jean-François MarmontelJuly 11, 1723 – December 31, 1799 · Culture
Jeremiah Horrocks1618 – January 3, 1641 · Science
Johan de WittSeptember 24, 1625 – August 20, 1672 · Science
Johann Balthasar NeumannJanuary 27, 1687 – August 19, 1753 · Culture
John DowlandJanuary 2, 1563 – February 1626 · Music
Lucas Cranach the YoungerOctober 4, 1515 – January 25, 1586 · Art
Ludovico CarracciApril 1555 – November 13, 1619 · Art
Martin Frobisher1535 – November 15, 1594 · Exploration
Philipp Otto RungeJuly 23, 1777 – December 2, 1810 · Art
Pieter Aertsen1508 – June 3, 1575 · Art
Rigas Velestinliscirca 1757 – June 24, 1798 · Culture
Thomas Savery1650 – May 1715 · Technology
Wilhelm MüllerOctober 7, 1794 – September 30, 1827 · Music
Aelbert CuypOctober 20, 1620 – November 15, 1691 · Art
Agostino CarracciAugust 16, 1557 – March 22, 1602 · Art
André GrétryFebruary 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813 · Music
Anna Maria van SchurmanNovember 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678 · Culture
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of ShaftesburyFebruary 26, 1671 – February 4, 1713 · Culture
Antoine César BecquerelMarch 7, 1788 – January 18, 1878 · Science
Carl Jonas Love AlmqvistNovember 28, 1793 – September 26, 1866 · Music
Christian Fürchtegott GellertJuly 4, 1715 – December 13, 1769 · Culture
Christian ThomasiusJanuary 1, 1655 – September 23, 1728 · Culture
Dmytro BortnianskyiOctober 28, 1751 – October 10, 1825 · Music
Federico Baroccicirca 1535 – September 30, 1612 · Art
Gabriel CramerJuly 31, 1704 – January 4, 1752 · Science- George GreenJuly 14, 1793 – May 31, 1841 · Science
Guarino GuariniJanuary 17, 1624 – March 6, 1683 · Culture
Jakob SteinerMarch 18, 1796 – April 1, 1863 · Science
Jost BürgiFebruary 28, 1552 – January 31, 1632 · Science
Lodovico FerrariFebruary 2, 1522 – October 5, 1565 · Science