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Aristotle
Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
Apollonius of Perga
Ancient greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections
Zhang Heng
Chinese scientist and statesman
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Hipparchus
2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
Avicenna
Medieval persian polymath, physician, and philosopher
Galen
Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
Lucian of Samosata
2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician
Tacitus
Roman senator and historian
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Persian polymath, physician, alchemist and chemist, philosopher
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician, 598-668
Sima Qian
Chinese historian and writer
Pliny the Elder
Roman military commander and writer
Al-Farabi
Philosopher in 10th century Central Asia
Odo of Cluny
Benedictine monk, second abbott of Cluny
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Hadith compiler
Al-Biruni
Persian scholar and polymath
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Persian polymath
Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī
Muslim astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician
Strabo
Greek geographer, philosopher and historian
Al-Masudi
10th-century Arab historian, geographer, and traveller
Wang Chong
Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher in 1st century
Pei Ju
Chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Xu Jingzong
Tang Dynasty chancellor
Ja'far ibn al-Furat
Politician
Eratosthenes
Ancient Greek scientist
Pope Sylvester II
Pope
Pappus of Alexandria
Greek mathematician of Antiquity
John Philoponus
Byzantine philosopher
Anaximenes of Miletus
Ancient Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher
Walafrid Strabo
Carolingian priest
Muhammad bin Yahya bin Faris al-Dhahli
Persian Hadith scholar
Anaxagoras
Ancient Greek philosopher
Aratus
Ancient Greek poet
Abu al-Wafa Buzjani
Persian mathematician and astronomer
Dicaearchus
Ancient Greek philosopher
Ziryab
Kurdo poet and musician
Ge Xuan
Chinese Taoist
Archytas
Ancient Greek philosopher
Yi Xing
Chinese Buddhist monk and astronomer in the 8th-century