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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Abelard
Philosopher
1079 21-Apr-1142 French scholastic philosopher
Cornelius Agrippa
Magician
14-Sep-1486 18-Feb-1535 Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Naturalist
11-Sep-1522 10-Mar-1605 Pioneering entomologist and naturalist
Ethan Allen
Military
10-Jan-1739 12-Feb-1789 Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys
Anaxagoras
Philosopher
c. 500 BC c. 428 BC Matter composed of infinite elements
Averroës
Philosopher
1126 1198 Islamic commentator on the classics
Robert Barnes
Religion
1495 30-Jul-1540 English reformer and martyr
Lyman Beecher
Religion
12-Oct-1775 10-Jan-1863 American Presbyterian preacher
John Biddle
Religion
1615 22-Sep-1662 Father of English Unitarianism
Thomas Bilney
Religion
c. 1495 19-Aug-1531 English martyr, influenced Latimer
Jakob Boehme
Religion
1575 17-Nov-1624 German Protestant mystic
Giordano Bruno
Scientist
1548 17-Feb-1600 Heretic cosmologist
Thomas François Burgers
Head of State
15-Apr-1834 9-Dec-1881 President of Transvaal Republic
Girolamo Cardano
Doctor
24-Sep-1501 21-Sep-1576 De Subtilitate
Thomas Cranmer
Religion
2-Jul-1489 21-Mar-1556 First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury
Jacques DeMolay
Military
c. 1244 18-Mar-1314 Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer
15-Feb-1564 8-Jan-1642 Copernican observational astronomer
Nicholas Grimald
Poet
1519 1559 Songes and Sonettes
Patrick Hamilton
Religion
1504 29-Feb-1528 Scottish Lutheran martyr
John Hooper
Religion
c. 1495 9-Feb-1555 Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester
Jan Hus
Religion
c. 1373 6-Jul-1415 Czech reformer and martyr
Joan of Arc
Religion
6-Jan-1412 30-May-1431 Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake
Henry of Lausanne
Religion
fl. 12th c. fl. 12th c. 12th century French heretic
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Religion
1491 31-Jul-1556 Founder of the Jesuit order
Martin Luther
Religion
10-Nov-1483 18-Feb-1546 Created Protestant movement
Christopher Marlowe
Playwright
6-Feb-1564 30-May-1593 Doctor Faustus
Gerard Mercator
Cartographer
5-Mar-1512 2-Dec-1594 The Mercator Projection
William of Ockham
Philosopher
c. 1285 9-Apr-1348 Occam's Razor
Sir John Oldcastle
Military
c. 1378 14-Dec-1417 Lollard rebel leader
Catherine Parr
Royalty
1512 7-Sep-1548 Final wife of King Henry VIII
Nicholas Ridley
Religion
c. 1500 16-Oct-1555 Anglican Bishop and martyr
Girolamo Savonarola
Religion
21-Sep-1452 23-May-1498 Italian monk and martyr
Kaspar Schwenkfeld
Religion
1489 10-Dec-1561 Vergötterung
Michael Servetus
Religion
c. 1511 27-Oct-1553 De Trinitatis Erroribus
Socrates
Philosopher
469 BC 399 BC Developer of the Socratic Method
Baruch de Spinoza
Philosopher
24-Nov-1632 21-Feb-1677 Rationalist, lensmaker
Mahmoud Muhammad Taha
Religion
c. 1909 18-Jan-1985 Progressive Islamic theologian
William Tyndale
Religion
1492 6-Oct-1536 Bible translator, burnt at the stake
Lorenzo Valla
Scholar
1407 1-Aug-1457 Debunked the Donation of Constantine
George Wishart
Religion
c. 1513 1-Mar-1546 Scottish religious reformer and martyr


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