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

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

C-E

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

F-K

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

L-O

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

P-T

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

V-Z

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

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

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Notes and References

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.
2. - 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.

   2: Oxford University Press; 2005.

3. - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000.
4. - 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).