Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male, deceased (1809)
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual....
Antony Flew

Antony Flew

male, 86 years old
Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born February 11 1923) is a British philosopher. Known for several decades as a prominent atheist, Flew first...
John Toland

John Toland

male, deceased (1722)
John Toland was burnt by the public hangman in Dublin. He escaped prosecution by fleeing to England, where he spent most of the rest of his life....
Voltaire

Voltaire

male, deceased (1778)
François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his w...
Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler

male, deceased (1752)
Joseph Butler (May 18, 1692 O.S. - June 16, 1752) was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. He was born in Wantage in the...
Matthew Tindal

Matthew Tindal

male, deceased (1733)
Matthew Tindal, (1657-August 16, 1733), English deist, the son of a clergyman, was born at Beer Ferrers (Ferris), Devon, probably in 1653.
Anthony Collins

Anthony Collins

male, deceased (1729)
Anthony Collins (June 21, 1676, Old Style - December 13, 1729, Old Style), was an English philosopher, and a proponent of deism.

John Leland

male, deceased (1766)
John Leland (1691 - 1766) was an English Presbyterian minister and author of theological works. Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was educated in...

Charles Blount

male, deceased (1693)
Charles Blount was a British deist and controversialist.
Thomas Chubb

Thomas Chubb

male, deceased (1747)
Thomas Chubb, (September 29 1679 - February 8 1747), was an English Deist, born near Salisbury. Chubb regarded Christ as a divine teacher, but held...