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...
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.
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

male, deceased (1885)
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...

Thomas Woolston

male, deceased (1731)
Thomas Woolston (1669 - January 21, 1731), English deist, born at Northampton in 1669, the son of a reputable tradesman, entered Sidney Sussex...

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...

David Williams

male, deceased (1816)
David Williams (1738 - June 29 1816), was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. Born at a house called Waunwaelod in Eglwysilan near...