Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623

1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660

1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676

1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654

1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598

1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698

1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707

1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642

1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617

1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650

1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691

1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661

1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Menabenus, Apollonius

1551 - 1661

1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528

1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641

1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655

1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616

active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669

c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606

1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626

1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638

1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638

1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626

1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874

1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674

1605-1682, physician; author, English

Browne, Sir Thomas

1605 - 1682

1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

Faithorne, William

1620 - 1691

c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660

1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Pett, Phineas

1619 - 1666

1601-1666, Queen consort of France and Navarre, Spanish-born

Anne of Austria

1601 - 1666

1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Brendel, Zacharias

1592 - 1638

1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621

c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684

1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763

1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682

1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Pett, Peter

1610 - 1672

1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608

Wilkins, John

1614 - 1672

Pettus, John

1613 - 1690

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662

1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679

1613-1688, architect; physician; anatomist, French

Perrault, Claude

1613 - 1688

1549-1610, missionary of the Order of Friars Minor, saint, Andalusia, Spain, Spanish

Saint Francis Solanus

1549 - 1610

1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar the Great

1542 - 1605

1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Kepler, Johannes

1571 - 1630

1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Torricelli, Evangelista

1608 - 1647