People
74 historical figures
Category
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Social contract theory
Early Modern
influential
124
Erasmus
Humanist scholar
Early Modern
influential
124
David Hume
Empiricism, skepticism
Early Modern
influential
121
Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque composer
Early Modern
influential
118
Elizabeth I
English queen, Golden Age
Early Modern
influential
117
Catherine the Great
Russian Empress, expansion
Early Modern
influential
116
Blaise Pascal
Pascal's Wager, mathematician
Early Modern
influential
116
Thomas Jefferson
US Founding Father, Declaration of Independence
Early Modern
influential
115
John Locke
Empiricism, natural rights
Early Modern
influential
115
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Early Modern
influential
114
Alexander Hamilton
Founding Father, Treasury
Early Modern
influential
113
Ivan the Terrible
First Tsar of Russia
Early Modern
influential
108
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prodigy composer
Early Modern
influential
106
Nicolaus Copernicus
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Early Modern
influential
104
Tycho Brahe
Astronomical observations
Early Modern
influential
104
Thomas Paine
Common Sense, Rights of Man
Early Modern
influential
102
Jeremy Bentham
Utilitarianism founder
Early Modern
influential
101
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer, deaf genius
Early Modern
influential
101
Robert Boyle
Father of modern chemistry
Early Modern
influential
100
Thomas More
Utopia
Early Modern
influential
98