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René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
Robert Hues
English mathematician and geographer
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher
Marin Mersenne
French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics"
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
English aristocrat
Michael Maestlin
German astronomer and mathematician
Thomas Harriot
British scientist
Robert Fludd
British mathematician and astrologer
William Oughtred
English mathematician and Anglican minister
Wilhelm Schickard
Computer pioneer
Pierre Gassendi
French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist
Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
Indian mathematician
Edmund Gunter
British mathematician
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
Danish astronomer
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
Greek rabbi
Xu Guangqi
Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader
Jean François
1582-1668
Thomas Rudd
British magician and mathematician
Edmund Wingate
English mathematician
Wolfgang Bachmeyer
Isaac Beeckman
Dutch philosopher and scientist
Willebrord Snellius
Dutch astronomer and mathematician
Jean Errard
French mathematician
Charles Cavendish
English aristocrat, Member of Parliament, and patron
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Italian mathematician and astronomer
Antonio Nardi
Matematico, letterato
Duncan Liddel
Scottish mathematician and physician
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer
Thomas Lydiat
English mathematician
Francisco Sanches
Portuguese philosopher
Ambrosius Rhodius
German mathematician, author and astronomer
James Crichton
Scottish polymath
Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach
Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach
Diego Rodríguez
Mexican mathematician and astronomer
Edward D'Avenant
English Archdeacon
Michael van Langren
Dutch astronomer and cartographer
Johann Adolf Tassius
German mathematician