Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

male, 80 years old (Stony Brook, New York, United States)
Avram Noam Chomsky, Ph.D (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, and a prolific author and lecturer. He...
Sanal Edamaruku

Sanal Edamaruku

male, 54 years old
Sanal Edamaruku is the founder-president of Rationalist International and the president of the Indian Rational Association. He is the editor of the...
René Descartes

René Descartes

male, deceased (1650)
René Descartes (March 31, 1596 - February 11, 1650), also known as "Renatus Cartesius" (latinized form), was a highly influential French p...
Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

male, deceased (1677)
Baruch de Spinoza (lived November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable sc...
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

male, deceased (1992) (Russia)
Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920- April 6, 1992, was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and...
Younus Shaikh

Younus Shaikh

male
Dr. Younus Shaikh is a Pakistani medical doctor, human rights activist, rationalist and free-thinker. In August 2001 he was imprisoned in Pakistan...
Joseph McCabe

Joseph McCabe

male, deceased (1955)
Joseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a priest earlier in his life.
Lewis Wolpert

Lewis Wolpert

male, 80 years old
Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL (born October 19, 1929) is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Having trained as a civil engineer in...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

male, deceased (1716)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also "Leibnitz" or "von Leibniz" (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14 1716) was a German polymath who wrote mo...
Barbara Smoker

Barbara Smoker

female, 86 years old
Barbara Smoker (born 1923) is a British Humanist activist and freethought advocate. She is also former President of the National Secular Society...