List of philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries

Philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries(and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:

Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.

A-B

• Isaac ben Judah Abravanel, (1437–1508) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Judah ben Isaac Abravanel, (c. 1460–c. 1535) ^{[1] [2]}
• Alessandro Achillini, (1463–1512)
• Uriel Acosta, (1585–1640)
• Rodolphus Agricola, (1443–1485) ^[2]
• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, (1436–1535) ^{[2] [3]} *
• Leone Battista Alberti, (1404–1472)
• Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno, (1433–1504) ^[2]
• Isaac ben Moses Arama, (1420–1494) ^[2]
• Jacobus Arminius, (1560–1609) ^[1]
• Francis Bacon, (1561–1626) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Domingo Báñez, (1528–1604) ^{[1] [2]}
• Sebastiano Basso, (16th century)
• Gabriel Biel, (1425–1495) ^[2]
• Jean Bodin, (1530–1596) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Jakob Böhme, (1575–1624) ^{[1] [2]}
• Giovanni Botero, (c. 1544–1617)
• Giordano Bruno, (1548–1600) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *

C-E

• Thomas Cajetan, (1469–1534) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• John Calvin, (1509–1564) ^{[1] [4]} 2 ^[2]
• Tommaso Campanella, (1568–1639) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Gerolamo Cardano, (1501–1576) ^[2]
• Andrea Cesalpino, (1519–1603)
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, (1486–1534)
• Pierre Charron, (1541–1603) ^{[1] [2]}
• Ch'en Hsien-chang, (1428–1500) ^[1]
• Chiao Hung, (1540–1620) ^[1]
• John Comenius, (1592–1670) ^[4] 12 ^[2]
• Nicolaus Copernicus, (1473–1543) ^[4] 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Johannes Crellius, (1590–1633)
• Cesare Cremonini, (1550–1631)
• Jalal al-Din al-Dawani, (1426–1502) ^[2]
• Elijah Delmedigo, (1460–1497) ^{[2] [3]}
• Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, (1484–1558)
• Denys the Carthusian (or Denys de Leeuwis), (1402–1471) ^[2]
• René Descartes, (1596–1650) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Guillaume du Vair, (1556–1621) ^[1]
• Desiderius Erasmus, (1466–1536) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]

F-K

• Marsilio Ficino, (1433–1499) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *
• Robert Filmer, (1588–1653) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Robert Fludd, (1574–1637) ^{[1] [2]}
• Pedro da Fonseca, (1528–1599) ^{[1] [2]}
• Fujiwara Seika, (1561–1619) ^[2]
• Galileo Galilei, (1564–1642) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Pierre Gassendi, (1592–1655) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Rudolph Goclenius, (1547–1628) ^[1]
• Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki (1530–1607)
• Hugo Grotius, (1583–1645) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Henricus Regius, (1598–1679) ^[2]
• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, (1583–1648) ^[2]
• Abraham Cohen de Herrera (or Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abraham Irira), (1562–1635) ^[2]
• Thomas Hobbes, (1588–1679) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Richard Hooker, (1554–1600) ^[2]
• John of St. Thomas (or Jean Poinsot), (1589–1644) ^{[1] [2]}
• Joachim Jungius, (1587–1657) ^[2]
• Bartholomäus Keckermann, (1571–1609) ^[2]
• Johannes Kepler, (1571–1630) ^{[1] [2] [3]} *

L-O

• Isaac La Peyrère, (1596–1676) ^[1]
• Justus Lipsius, (1547–1606) ^{[2] [3]}
• Liu Tsung-chou (or Ch'i-shan), (1578–1645) ^[1]
• Martin Luther, (1483–1546) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Niccolò Machiavelli, (1469–1527) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• John Major (or John Mair), (1467–1550) ^[4] 12 ^[2]
• Juan de Mariana, (1536–1624) ^[1]
• Jacopo Mazzoni, (1548–1598)
• Bartolomé de Medina, (1527–1580) ^[1]
• Philipp Melanchthon, (1497–1560) ^[2]
• Marin Mersenne, (1588–1648) ^{[1] [2]}
• Judah Messer Leon, (c. 1425 – c. 1495) ^[2]
• Mikyo Dorje (or Mi bskyod rdo rje), (1507–1554) ^[2]
• Muhammad Baqir Mir Damad (or Sayyid al-Afadil or Ishraq or Ibn al-Damad), (died 1631) ^[2]
• Luis de Molina, (1535–1600) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Michel de Montaigne, (1533–1592) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• Thomas More, (1478–1535) ^{[1] [3]} *
• Mulla Sadra, (1571–1640) ^[4] 12 ^[2]
• Nicholas of Cusa, (1401–1464) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *
• Agostino Nifo, (1470–1538) ^[2]
• Richard Overton, (c. 1599 – 1664) ^[2]

P-T

• Paracelsus, (1493–1541) ^{[1] [2]}
• Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (or Franciscus Patritius) (1529–1597) ^{[2] [3]}
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, (1463–1494) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *
• Pietro Pomponazzi, (1462–1525) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]}
• François Rabelais, (1493–1553) ^[2]
• Petrus Ramus, (1515–1572) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Raghunatha Siromani, (c. 1477–1547)
• Francisco Sanches, (1551–1623) ^{[1] [2]}
• Julius Caesar Scaliger, (1484–1558)
• Michal Sedziwój, (1566–1636)
• John Selden, (1584–1654) ^[2]
• Francesco Silvestri (or Francis Sylvester of Ferrara), (1474–1528) ^[2]
• Sosan Hyujong, (1520–1604) ^[2]
• Domingo de Soto, (1494–1560) ^{[1] [2]}
• Francisco Suárez, (1548–1617) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *
• Nicolaus Taurellus, (1547–1606)
• Bernardino Telesio, (1509–1588) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Teresa of Avila, (1515–1582) ^[1]
• Francisco Toledo, (1532–1596) ^{[1] [2]}

V-Z

• Lorenzo Valla, (1406–1457) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^{[2] [3]} *
• Vallabhacharya, (1479–1531) ^[2]
• Vyasatirtha, (c. 1460–1539)
• Lucilio "Giulio Cesare" Vanini, (1585–1619) ^[1]
• Gabriel Vasquez, (1549–1604) ^[1]
• Nicoletto Vernia, (1442–1499) ^[2]
• Francisco de Vitoria, (1492–1546) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Juan Luís Vives, (1492–1540) ^{[1] [2]}
• Wang Yangming, (1472–1529) ^{[1] [4]} 12 ^[2]
• Thomas White, (1593–1676) ^[2]
• Yi Hwang (or Toegye) (1501–1570) ^[2]
• Yi I (or Yi Yulgok or Yi Yi) (1536–1584) ^[2]
• Jacopo Zabarella, (1533–1589) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• List of philosophers
• List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
• List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries
• List of philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries
• List of philosophers born in the 17th century
• List of philosophers born in the 18th century
• List of philosophers born in the 19th century
• List of philosophers born in the 20th century

Notes and references

^{[1] [4] [2] [3]}

1. - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN   978-0-521-63722-0
2. - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Routledge; 2000. ISBN   978-0-415-22364-5
3. - This person is featured in the peer-reviewed online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Subjects with an asterisk have an article solicited about them, but not yet published at the encyclopedia (as of 2-22-2006).
4. - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy .

   1: Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN   978-0-19-866132-0

   2: Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN   978-0-19-926479-7