| Table 1 PROMINENT MEN OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT | |||||
| b | d | ||||
| Bacon, Francis | 1561 | 1626 | Philosophe**, Statesman | ||
| Stuart, James (Scot) | 1566 | 1625 | King James I, Authorized King James Bible in English | M | |
| Kepler, Johannes (German) | 1571 | 1630 | Astronomer (planets around sun) | ||
| Galileo, Galilei (Italian) | 1564 | 1642 | Notorious Astronomer | ||
| Descartes, Rene’ (French) | 1596 | 1650 | Philosophe "I think, therefore.." , Mathematician | ||
| Hobbes, Thomas | 1588 | 1679 | Political philosopher | ||
| Boyle, Robert (Irish) | 1627 | 1691 | Physicist (Boyle's Law), Chemist, Inventor | FRS* | |
| Huygens, Christiian (Dutch) | 1629 | 1695 | Astronomer, inventor (pendulum clock), | FRS | |
| Spinoza, Baruch (Dutch) | 1632 | 1677 | Religious Philosopher | FRS | |
| van Leeuwenhoek, (Dutch) | 1632 | 1723 | Businessman, Scientist (Father of Microbiology) | M,FRS | |
| Wren, Christopher | 1632 | 1723 | Architect, Astronomer, Anatomist, Physicist, Founder of the Royal Society | M,FRS | |
| Newton, Isaac | 1642 | 1726 | Philosophe: Mathematician, Theologian | PRS | |
| Moray, Robert | 1608 | 1673 | Philosophe: Soldier, Judge, Diplomat, Founder of modern Masonry in England | M,PRS | |
| Hume, David (Scot) | 1711 | 1776 | Philosophe: Economist, Historian | ||
| Rousseau, Jean-J. (French) | 1712 | 1778 | Philosophe: Writer, Composer | M | |
| Voltaire (French) | 1694 | 1778 | Philosophe: Writer, Historian | M | |
| Diderot, Denis (French) | 1713 | 1784 | Encyclopedist | M | |
| Franklin, Benj. (American) | 1706 | 1790 | Philosophe: Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat | M,FRS | |
| Gibbon, Edward | 1737 | 1794 | Historian (Rise & Fall of Roman Empire) | M,FRS | |
| Kant, Immanuel (German) | 1724 | 1804 | Philosopher | ||
| Jefferson, Tms (American) | 1743 | 1826 | Philosophe: Statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, | ||
| * M = Mason, FRS or PRS = Fellow or President of the Royal Society (of United Kingdom) | |||||
Those whose nationality is unnamed were English.
The famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish, 1473-1543) should be acknowledged, though he is of the Renaissance period. He was also a philosophe and a proponent of heliocentricity (planets moving around the sun). Likewise of the Renaissance is the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (German,1400-1469).
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