Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

male, deceased (1826)
President of the United States, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, american revolution, Founding Father of the United States, American, architect…enlightenment, age of enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and on...
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
English, philosopher, political philosophy, Social Contract, rousseau, Tabula Rasa…enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher, Scottish Enlightenment, the age of enlightenment
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

male, deceased (1804)
philosopher, German native of East Prussia, Kantianism, Deontological ethics, classical liberalism, age of enlightenment…enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential t...
Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

male, 60 years old
journalist, atheist, Atheist activist, naturalized citizen of the United States, American, Slate…age of enlightenment, enlightenment
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth , England ) is a journalist, author and literary critic. Hitchens received degrees in...
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male, deceased (1809)
Christian, British-born United States political figure, The American Crisis, Deputy to the French National Convention, Montagnards, The Mountain…enlightenment, age of enlightenment, The Enlightenment
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual....
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased (1778)
French, philosopher, Autobiographer, Roman Catholic, Alternative education, philosophes…the age of enlightenment, enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

male, deceased (1784) (NANTES, France)
Art critic, Jacques le fataliste et son maître, Enlightenment philosopher, French, Encyclopedist, Death from emphysema…the age of enlightenment, enlightenment
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous...
Naropa

Naropa

male, deceased (1100)
Mystic, Indian, nalanda, enlightenment, Mahasiddhas, Tibetan language
Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: "Nadaprada", 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male, deceased (1832)
Farbenlehre, theology, Elective Affinities, bildungsroman, Autobiographer, epistolary novel…enlightenment, age of enlightenment
"'"',, (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, Humanism,...