Early modern people
2,141 people from early modern, sorted by fame.
Friedrich SpeeFebruary 25, 1591 – August 1635 · Music
Gaspar de Portolà1716 – October 10, 1786 · Exploration
Giacomo QuarenghiSeptember 8, 1744 – February 18, 1817 · Culture
Giambattista BenedettiAugust 14, 1530 – January 20, 1590 · Culture
Giovanni Pietro BelloriJanuary 15, 1613 – February 19, 1696 · Art
Guillaume AmontonsAugust 31, 1663 – October 11, 1705 · Science
Henry Thomas ColebrookeJune 15, 1765 – March 10, 1837 · Science
Hester StanhopeMarch 12, 1776 – June 23, 1839 · Exploration
Hugo KołłątajApril 1, 1750 – February 28, 1812 · Culture
Jacob van CampenFebruary 2, 1596 – September 13, 1657 · Art
Jacques BalmatJanuary 19, 1762 – September 1834 · Exploration
Jan Davidsz. de HeemApril 17, 1606 – April 26, 1684 · Art
Jan LievensOctober 24, 1607 – June 4, 1674 · Art
Jan van HuysumApril 15, 1682 – February 8, 1749 · Art
Jean-François Le SueurFebruary 15, 1760 – October 6, 1837 · Music
Jean-Louis PonsDecember 24, 1761 – October 14, 1831 · Science
Jean-Marie LeclairMay 10, 1697 – October 22, 1764 · Music
Jeremias Benjamin RichterMarch 10, 1762 – May 4, 1807 · Science
Johann Friedrich BöttgerFebruary 4, 1682 – March 13, 1719 · Technology
Johann Friedrich von EschscholtzNovember 1, 1793 – May 19, 1831 · Exploration
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm TischbeinFebruary 15, 1751 – June 26, 1829 · Art- John BevisOctober 31, 1693 – November 6, 1771 · Science
Josef ResselJune 29, 1793 – October 1857 · Technology
Julius KlaprothOctober 11, 1783 – August 28, 1835 · Exploration
Luca MarenzioOctober 18, 1553 – August 22, 1599 · Music
Marin GetaldićOctober 2, 1568 – April 11, 1626 · Science
Mary MoserOctober 27, 1744 – May 2, 1819 · Art
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselMay 25, 1572 – March 15, 1632 · Music
Michał Kleofas OgińskiSeptember 25, 1765 – October 15, 1833 · Music
Nathaniel PalmerAugust 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877 · Exploration
Nicholas Hawksmoor1661 – March 25, 1736 · Culture
Nicholas Mercator1620 – January 14, 1687 · Science
Ole WormMay 13, 1588 – August 31, 1654 · Science
Pedro Sarmiento de GamboaAugust 18, 1530 – 1592 · Exploration
Pierre Joseph PelletierMarch 22, 1788 – July 19, 1842 · Science
Pieter Jansz. SaenredamJune 9, 1597 – May 31, 1665 · Art
Princess Philippine Charlotte of PrussiaMarch 13, 1716 – February 17, 1801 · Music
Robert Filmer1588 – May 26, 1653 · Culture
Rodolphe KreutzerNovember 16, 1766 – January 6, 1831 · Music
Roelant Savery1576 – February 25, 1639 · Art
Sébastien BourdonFebruary 2, 1616 – May 8, 1671 · Art
Sylvain MaréchalAugust 15, 1750 – January 18, 1803 · Culture
Thomas FinckeJanuary 6, 1561 – April 24, 1656 · Science
Tomás de IriarteSeptember 18, 1750 – September 17, 1791 · Music
William WhistonDecember 9, 1667 – August 22, 1752 · Science
William WitheringMarch 17, 1741 – October 6, 1799 · Science
Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-TrémarecFebruary 13, 1734 – March 3, 1797 · Exploration
Abbasgulu BakikhanovJune 21, 1794 – May 31, 1847 · Culture
Abraham van Beijerencirca 1620 – March 1690 · Art
Adriaen van de VeldeNovember 30, 1636 – January 21, 1672 · Art