Al-Farabi

Al-Farabi

male, deceased (950)
Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Uzlagh al-Far... More
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Avicenna

Avicenna

male, deceased (1037)
Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna) was a Persian ("Tājīk") Muslim universal genius who made signficant contributions to medicine, astronomy, al... More
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Ibn Al-Haytham

Ibn Al-Haytham

male, deceased (1039)
"' (Arabic: أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم, Latinized: Alhacen or (deprecated) Alhazen) (965 – 1039), was an Iraqi Muslim polymath who made sig... More
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Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

Nasīr Al-Dīn Al-Tūsī

male, deceased (1274)
"' (18 February 1201 in Tus, Khorasan - 26 June 1274 in Kadhimain near Baghdad), better known as "', was a Persian of the Twelver Shi'a Islamic... More
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Geber

Geber

male, deceased (815)
Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan (c. 721-c. 815), known also by his Latinised name Geber, was a prominent Shia Muslim polymath, chemist, alchemist,... More
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