Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

1709/10-1783, Pinchbeck the younger, clock-maker; watchmaker, British

Pinchbeck, Christopher

1709 - 1783

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

Rupert

1619 - 1682

active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747

1709-1780, landscape engraver, French-born; British

Vivares, Francis

1709 - 1780

1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598

1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Schmutz, Johann Rudolf

1670 - 1715

1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702

1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767

1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684

1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751

1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723

1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779

active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761

1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698

1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807

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

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707

1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744

1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642

1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762

1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760

1636 or 1838-1706, physician; anatomist, French, published Nouvelles tables anatomiques, 1678

Bourdon, Amé

1636 - 1706

1681-1754, artist, draughtsman, engraver, painter, printmaker, French

Rigaud, J

1681 - 1754

1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761

1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651

1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909

1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689

1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617

1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769

1701-1779, artist; portrait painter; art collector, English

Hudson, Thomas

1701 - 1779

1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650

1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691

1710-1767, 10th Earl of Buchan; draughtsman; engraver, Scottish

Erskine, Henry David

1710 - 1767

1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752

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

1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761

1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655

1703-1781, surgeon, French

Côme, Frère

1703 - 1781

1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752

1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720

1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746

1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

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

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500

1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Heyden, Jan van der

1637 - 1712

1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745

1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762