Scientists
The best known scientists — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
Events 112 totals
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Feb
24
1201
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi · 1201–1274
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Jan
1
1240
Arnaldus de Villa Nova · 1240–1313
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Jan
1
1247
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani · 1247–1318
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Jan
1
1295
Nicephorus Gregoras · 1295–1360
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Jan
1
1380
Jamshīd al-Kāshī · 1380–1429
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Jan
1
1400
Johannes Gutenberg · 1400–1468
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Jun
8
1423
Georg von Peuerbach · 1423–1461
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Jun
15
1436
Regiomontanus · 1436–1476
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Apr
24
1452
Leonardo da Vinci · 1452–1519
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Feb
28
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus · 1473–1543
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Sep
23
1486
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa · 1486–1535
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Nov
19
1493
Paracelsus · 1493–1541
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Apr
2
1494
Georgius Agricola · 1494–1555
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Oct
4
1501
Gerolamo Cardano · 1501–1576
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Sep
29
1511
Michael Servetus · 1511–1553
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Jul
23
1527
John Dee · 1527–1608
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Jan
1
1540
François Viète · 1540–1603
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Jun
3
1544
William Gilbert · 1544–1603
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Dec
24
1546
Tycho Brahe · 1546–1601
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Feb
11
1550
John Napier · 1550–1617
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Dec
21
1571
Johannes Kepler · 1571–1630
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Jan
1
1598
Bonaventura Cavalieri · 1598–1647
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Aug
17
1601
Pierre de Fermat · 1601–1665
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Oct
15
1608
Evangelista Torricelli · 1608–1647
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Jan
1
1617
Jeremiah Horrocks · 1617–1641
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