The following is a list related to the article, "Polymath." Polymaths are individuals who are noted for excelling in multiple fields or disciplines. A term often used in common parlance is "Renaissance Man," but this term is misleading as most polymaths did not live in the Renaissance and several were women. The term "polymath" is often used to describe those who excelled in both the arts and sciences. Many highly accomplished people were not polymaths, as they worked solely in one field. Also, the "math" segment of the term does not relate to whether the person has any connection to mathematics. Leonardo da Vinci is seen as an epitome of the Renaissance man. ... This article is about the 1994 film. ...

People with the widest range of knowledge are known as polyhistors (example Gottfried Leibniz).   This culture-related article is a stub. ... Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also Leibnitz or von Leibniz)[1] (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14, 1716) was a German polymath. ...

Ancient and mediæval

• Al-Farabi -- mathematician, philosopher, musician, contributions in medicine
• Albertus Magnus -- alchemy, botany, mathematics, music theory, scholasticism, theology, and zoology
• Archimedes -- mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist and engineer
• Aristotle -- philosopher, physicist, poet, zoologist, and biologist
• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius -- contributions in mathematics, music, philosophy, and politics
• Avicenna -- physician, philosopher, and scientist
• Averroës -- physician, mathematician, Islamic law
• Chanakya -- politician, economist, philosopher, scholar
• Eratosthenes -- Astronomer, geographer, mathematician, philosopher
• Roger Bacon -- mathematician, alchemist, philosopher, scientist
• Bede -- science, history, translation, literature, and theology
• Biruni -- greatest contributions in mathematics, philosophy, medicine and science.
• Abbas Ibn Firnas -- chemist, inventor, astronomer, physicist
• Ge Hong -- philosopher, poet, alchemist, and biographer
• Hildegard of Bingen -- contributions in theology, musical composition, medicine, botany, and constructed language
• Hypatia -- mathematician, philosopher, and teacher
• Imhotep -- poet, astronomer, mathematician, physician, architect, and artist
• Julius Caesar -- general, politician, legislator, orator, author, engineer, priest
• Omar Khayyam -- poet, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
• Maimonides (RaMBaM) -- physician, rabbi, astronomer and philosopher
• Nicolas Oresme -- economist, mathematician, physicist, theologian, translator, and musicologist
• Ouyang Xiu -- statesman, historian, essayist, and poet
• Plato -- Philosopher, poet, political theorist, mathematician, wrestler, educator
• Michael Psellus -- historian, philosopher, philologist, scientist, and poet.
• Ptolemy -- geographer, astronomer, and astrologer
• Pythagoras -- mathematician and philosopher
• Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Razi or Rhazes -- physician, chemist and philosopher
• Shen Kua -- mathematician, engineer, general, and geologist
• Wang Anshi -- economist, statesman, and poet
• Wang Wei -- poet, musician, painter, and statesman
• Zhang Heng -- poet, astronomer, mathematician, inventor, and artist

Al Farabi (870-950) was born of a Turkish family and educated by a Christian physician in Baghdad, and was himself later considered a teacher on par with Aristotle. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ... Albertus Magnus (fresco, 1352, Treviso, Italy) Albertus Magnus (1193? – November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who became famous for his universal knowledge and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Music theory is a field of study that involves an investigation of the many diverse elements of a music, including the development and methodology for analyzing, hearing, understanding, and composing music. ... Scholasticism comes from the Latin word scholasticus, which means that [which] belongs to the school, and is the school of philosophy taught by the academics (or schoolmen) of medieval universities circa 1100–1500. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Archimedes (Greek: Αρχιμήδης ) (c. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Media:Example. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ... Boethius teaching his students (initial from a 1385 Italian manuscript of the Consolation of Philosophy) Boethius redirects here. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Music is a form of expression in the medium of time using the structures of tones and silence. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... The works of Avicenna, the greatest of the medieval Persian physicians, played a crucial role in the European Renaissance. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Averroes Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 - December 10, 1198) was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics and medicine. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Sharia (Arabic شريعة also Sharia, Shariah or Syariah) is traditional Islamic law. ... Allegiance: Magadhan Empire Rank: Prime Minister Place of birth: Pataliputra, India Chanakya (c. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... Eratosthenes (Ἐρατοσθένης) Eratosthenes (Greek ) (276 BC - 194 BC) was a Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Statue of Roger Bacon in the Oxford University Museum Roger Bacon (c. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Bede depicted in an early medieval manuscript Depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or trained skill, especially (but not exclusively) when this is attained by verifiable means. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... Biruni commemorated on a Soviet stamp for his millennial anniversary. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or trained skill, especially (but not exclusively) when this is attained by verifiable means. ... 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An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture the way natural languages do. ... Hypatia redirects here. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... Imhotep, the one who comes in peace Imhotep (sometimes spelled Immutef, Imhotep, or Ii-em-Hotep, Egyptian ii-m-ḥtp) was a wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... 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The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Portrait of Nicole Oresme: Miniature of Nicole Oresmes Traité de l’espere, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France, fonds français 565, fol. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. ... Ouyang Xiu (Ou-Yang Hsiu) (歐陽修; 欧阳修 style name: Yongshu 永叔; also known as Zuiweng 醉翁 and Liuyi Jushi 六一居士) (Wade-Giles: Ouyang Hsiu) (1007 - 1072) was a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A political theorist is someone who engages in political theory. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Wrestling can be: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling Another term for grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Michael Psellus is the name of two writers of the Byzantine Empire: Michael Psellus the Elder, a theologian Michael Psellus the Younger, a historian. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; c. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... An astrologer, in modern times, is a person who practices a form or forms of astrology; in earlier times, they were observer of the stars. ... Bust of Pythagoras, Vatican Pythagoras (approximately 582 BC–507 BC, Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was an Ionian (Greek) mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mystic, religious and scientific society called Pythagoreans. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Rhazes-Treating a Patient (artist unknown) Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (born in Rayy, Iran, 864; died in Baghdad, Iraq, 930 AD) was a versatile Persian philosopher (hakim), who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry (alchemy) and philosophy. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Shen Kuo or Shen Kua (Chinese: 沈括; pinyin: ) (1031 - 1095) Chinese scientist, polymath, general, diplomat, financial officer was the inventor of compasses for navigation. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A General is an officer of high military rank. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth. ... Wáng Ānshí (王安石) (1021 - 1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted some controversial, major socio-economic reforms. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Wang Wei (王維) (701 - 761), sometimes titled the Poet Buddha, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Zhāng Héng Replica of Zhang Hengs seismometer Houfeng Didong Yi For other uses, see Zhang Heng (disambiguation). ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Renaissance

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa -- magician, theologian, soldier, legal expert, astronomer, alchemist, and writer
• Leone Battista Alberti -- painter, poet, philosopher, cryptographer, musician and architect
• Francis Bacon -- philosopher, statesman, spy, essayist
• Caspar Bartholin the Elder -- anatomy, theology, medicine, oration
• Menasseh ben Israel -- rabbi, scholar, diplomat, and printer/publisher
• Rudjer Boskovic -- contributions in mathematics. physics, philosophy
• Sir Thomas Browne -- physician, philosopher, literature, medicine, religion, science
• Jan Brożek — mathematician, physician, astronomer, first biographer of Copernicus.
• Gerolamo Cardano -- mathematician, physician, natural philosopher, astrologer, inventor, cryptographer, gambler, chess player.
• Nicolaus Copernicus -- astronomer, mathematician, economist, physician, lawyer, cleric, administrator, military leader, classics scholar.
• James Crichton -- fencer, soldier, musician, polyglot, and debater
• John Dee -- mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist
• Albrecht Dürer -- printer, painter, geometry, fortification, and mathematician
• Desiderius Erasmus -- theologian, paedagogue, linguist & philologist, historian, exegete
• Stjepan Gradić -- philosopher, scientist and mathematician
• Huang Zongxi -- political theorist, philosopher, and soldier (China was not in a Renaissance, but he fits here chronologically)
• Athanasius Kircher -- egyptology, geology, and music theory
• Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz -- ecclesiastical administrator, mathematician, engineer, inventor, linguist, theologian, moralist
• Girolamo Maggi -- scholar, jurist, poet, mathematician, military engineer, urban planner and naturalist
• Nostradamus -- poet, doctor, sculptor, prophet
• Garcia de Orta -- physician, botanist, natural philosopher, artist, politician
• William Petty -- scientist, entrepreneur, physician, and philosopher
• Christine de Pisan -- biographer, moralist, poet, proto-feminist thinker
• Giambattista della Porta -- cryptographer, botanist, astronomer, writer
• Leonardo da Vinci -- engineer, physician, painter, inventor, architect, musician, composer, astrologer, alchemist
• Faust Vrančić -- lexicographer, philosopher, inventor. historian
• Theodor Zwinger -- doctor, ethicist, linguist

Cornelius Agrippa, as portrayed in Libri tres de occulta philosophia Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (born of noble birth in Cologne September 14, 1486, died in Grenoble February 18, 1535) was a magician and occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist. ... The term magician can refer to a practitioner of either paranormal magic or illusionism. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... This article is about law in society. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Look up Alchemist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Alchemist may refer to— a person who practices alchemy. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Statue of Leon Battista Alberti. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Sir Francis Bacon For other people named Francis Bacon, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585 - July 13, 1629) was born at Malmö, Denmark (now Sweden) and was a polymath, finally accepting a professorship in medicine at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1613. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ... Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... Menasseh Ben Israel (1604-1657), Jewish rabbi, scholar, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Look up Printer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Rudjer Joseph Boscovich (first name also sometimes spelled Roger in English; Italian Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich; Croatian and Serbian Ruđer Josip Bošković, Руђер Јосип Бошковић) (May 18, 1711 – February 13, 1787), was a Jesuit, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat and poet from Dubrovnik (or Ragusa, the previously frequently referred to Italian... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... Sir Thomas Browne, MD (October 19, 1605 – October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or trained skill, especially (but not exclusively) when this is attained by verifiable means. ... Jan Brożek Jan Brożek (Joannes Broscius) (b. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus - February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed a heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ... Gerolamo Cardano or Jerome Cardan or Girolamo Cardan (September 24, 1501 - September 21, 1576) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... An astrologer, in modern times, is a person who practices a form or forms of astrology; in earlier times, they were observer of the stars. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was an astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... British barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... For James Crichton, the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see James Crichton (VC) James Crichton (the Admirable Crichton) (1560 - 1582) was a significant Scottish scholar. ... Fencers are duelists, trained with batons mostly they are superior in dueling one on one. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Polyglot has several meanings: Look up Polyglot on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The property of speaking multiple languages A polyglot is a person that can speak many languages A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a bible such as the first... Debate, also Debating outside the USA and Canada, is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. ... A sixteenth century portrait of John Dee, artist unknown. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... An astrologer, in modern times, is a person who practices a form or forms of astrology; in earlier times, they were observer of the stars. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... For other uses of this term, see occult (disambiguation). ... Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician of Hungarian ancestry. ... Look up Printer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Table of Geometry, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Exegesis (Greek ἐξηγεῖσθαι to lead out) is an extensive and critical interpretation of any text, or especially of a holy scripture, such as of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Koran, etc. ... Stjepan Gradić (April 6, 1613 - May 2, 1683) was a Croatian philosopher and scientist. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Huang Zongxi (黃宗羲, 1610-1695) was the name of a Chinese political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part the Qing. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... Athanasius Kircher (sometimes spelt Kirchner) (May 2, 1601?–27 November 1680) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology and medicine. ... ... The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... Music theory is a field of study that involves an investigation of the many diverse elements of a music, including the development and methodology for analyzing, hearing, understanding, and composing music. ... Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (May 23, 1606 in Madrid – September 8, 1682 in Vigevano) was a Spanish Catholic ecclesiastic and writer. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary Ecclesiastical means pertaining to the Church (especially Christianity) as an organized body of believers and clergy, with a stress on its juridical and institutional structure. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Girolamo Maggi (abt. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive and defensive structures for warfare. ... Urban planners work with local governments to formulate plans for the short- and long-term growth and renewal of urban and suburban communities. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinized name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the worlds most famous authors of prophecies. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... A prophet is a person who has directly encountered God, of whose intentions he can then speak. ... Garcia de Orta was a Renaissance Portuguese medical doctor and naturalist. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Natural philosophy is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe before the development of modern science. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... William Petty Sir William Petty (May 27, 1623-December 16, 1687) was a scientist and philosopher. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century Christine de Pizan (circa 1365 - circa French poet and arguably the first female author in Europe to make a living from being a writer (Marie de France being the... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Image:Giovanni della Porta. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an immensely multi-talented Italian Renaissance Roman Catholic[1] polymath: architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician and painter. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... An astrologer, in modern times, is a person who practices a form or forms of astrology; in earlier times, they were observer of the stars. ... Look up Alchemist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Alchemist may refer to— a person who practices alchemy. ... Faust Vrančić (1551, Å ibenik - January 17, 1617, Venice), also known as Faust Verantius, was a humanist, philosopher, historian, lexicographer, and inventor. ... A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Theodor Zwinger (August 2, 1533 - March 10, 1588), was a Swiss scholar. ... An ethicist is one whose judgement on ethics and ethical codes has come to be trusted by some community, and (importantly) is expressed in some way that makes it possible for others to mimic or approximate that judgement. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ...

Enlightenment and early post-Enlightenment

A to J

• Pierre Beaumarchais -- watch-maker, inventor, author, musician, politician, , spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary
• Jeremy Bentham -- jurist, inventor, philosopher, mathematician, economist, and political commentator
• Henry Brougham -- Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who did work on porism(math), theology, and other areas.
• Sir Richard Francis Burton -- explorer, linguist, anthropologist, diplomat and swordsman
• Sir George Cayley -- naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, inventor and politician
• Émilie du Châtelet -- physicist, mathematician, author, translator, singer
• Temple Chevallier -- astronomy, meteorology, math, translation, theology
• Erasmus Darwin -- physician, inventor, botanist, and poet
• René Descartes -- math, neuroscience, and philosophy
• Liu E -- writer, musician, physician and entrepreneur
• Leonhard Euler -- mathematician, physicist, economist, music theory
• Benjamin Franklin -- politician, physicist, entrepreneur, printer, inventor, musician, diplomat and writer.
• C.B. Fry -- cricketer, rugby player, athlete, football player, politician, writer/publisher, educator
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- novelist, poet, philosopher, scientist, mineralogist, essayist, literary critic
• Alexander Hamilton -- political theorist, statesman, soldier, polemicist
• G. W. F. Hegel -- philosopher, historian, art theorist, theologian, jurist
• Thomas Hobbes -- political theorist, historian, optical scientist, translator, classicist
• E.T.A. Hoffmann -- novelist, judge, composer, conductor, pianist, caricaturist, scenic designer
• Robert Hooke -- experimental scientist, natural philosopher, biologist, physicist, architect, inventor
• Alexander von Humboldt -- ethnographer, anthropologist, physicist, geologist, mineralogist, botanist, vulcanologist, geographer, climatologist, explorer and oceanographer
• James Hutton -- physician, chemist, physicist, botanist, philosopher, linguist, geologist, farmer
• Christiaan Huygens -- natural philosopher, horologist, astronomer, mathematician, inventor
• Charles Thomas Jackson -- geologist, chemist, physicist, physician, inventor
• Thomas Jefferson -- politician, statesman, architect, cryptographer, agriculturist, archaeologist, writer.

[[Image:Beaumarchais. ... A wrist watch A watch is a small portable clock that displays the time and sometimes the day, date, month and year. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ) (February 15, 1748 – June 6, 1832) was an English gentleman, jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A political commentator is a figure in the news media who publically airs their interpretation of events in the politics of a state or institution. ... Lord Henry Peter Brougham Baron Brougham & Vaux sitting as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (September 19, 1778 - May 7, 1868) was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... The subject of porisms is perplexed by the multitude of different views which have been held by geometers as to what a porism really was and is. ... Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, London Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - October 19, 1890), British consul, explorer, translator, and Orientalist, was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, England. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... See Anthropology. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Sir George Cayley Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773–15 December 1857) was an exuberant polymath from Brompton-by-Sawdon, near Scarborough in Yorkshire. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Emilie du Chatelet Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet-Laumont (December 17, 1706 - September 10, 1749) was a French mathematician, physicist and author. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) was a British clergyman, astronomer, and mathematician. ... Radio telescopes are among many different tools used by astronomers Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος, astronomia = astron + nomos, literally, law of the stars) is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ... Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo with a polar low visible at the top of the image. ... Incorrect shortening of Mathematics. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... Portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby (1792) Stone-cast bust of Erasmus Darwin, by William John Coffee, c 1795, (Crown Derby Modeller and world renown artist) Erasmus Darwin (December 12, 1731 – April 18, 1802) trained as a physician and wrote extensively on medicine and botany, as well... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... For other things named Descartes, see Descartes (disambiguation). ... Incorrect shortening of Mathematics. ... Neuroscience is a field of study that deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system, consisting of the myriad nerve pathways running throughout the body. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... Liu E (Chinese: 劉鶚; pinyin: , also spelled Liu O) was born in China, October 1848, in Liu-ho, and died 23 August 1909 in Tihua, Xinjiang. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Leonhard Euler by Emanuel Handmann. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... Music theory is a field of study that involves an investigation of the many diverse elements of a music, including the development and methodology for analyzing, hearing, understanding, and composing music. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders and early political figures, inventors, and statesmen of the United States. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up Printer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Charles Burgess Fry (born 25 April 1872 in Croydon, died 7 September 1956 in Hampstead) was an English sportsman. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Rugby may refer to: The sport of Rugby football, in its various forms: Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Places: Rugby, Warwickshire, England Rugby borough Rugby Rural District Rugby and Kenilworth constituency Rugby, Cape Town, South Africa Rugby, North Dakota, USA Rugby, Tennessee, USA Rugby, Brooklyn... An athlete is a person who has above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and is thus suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Polemic is the art or practice of disputation or controversy, as in religious, philosophical, or political matters. ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... Hobbes redirects here. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... ETA Hoffman Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 - June 25, 1822), was a German romantic and fantasy author and composer. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Pianist Glenn Gould, Toronto, 1974 A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. ... Scenic design also known as Stage design is the creation of theatrical scenery. ... A portrait, claimed by historian Lisa Jardine to be of Robert Hooke. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769, Berlin–May 6, 1859, Berlin), was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphe = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on months or years of fieldwork. ... See Anthropology. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geological phenomena. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... Climatology is the science that studies climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology and marine science is the study of the earths oceans and their interlinked ecosystems and chemical and physical processes. ... James Hutton, painted by Abner Lowe. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: ) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Charles Thomas Jackson (21 June 1805 - 28 August 1880) was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential Founding Father of the United States. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... Agriculture (a term which encompasses farming) is the art, science or practice of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

K to S

• Gottfried Leibniz -- philosopher, mathematician, logician, scientist, engineer, historian, lawyer, diplomat, librarian, philologist, theologian, poet
• Samuel Morse -- artist, politician, inventor, educator, cryptographer
• John Muir -- environmentalist, inventor, engineer, and geologist.
• Sir Isaac Newton -- mathematician, physicist, alchemist, theologian, economist, historian, inventor
• Blaise Pascal -- mathematician, physicist, theologian, philosopher (logic, probability, and ethics)
• Charles Willson Peale -- artist, naturalist, inventor, author
• Charles Peirce -- philosopher, logician, mathematician, semiotician, geodesist,
• José Rizal -- artist, educator, linguist, naturalist, physician, social scientist
• Adam Smith -- jurist, (founding) economist, psychologist, historian, theologian, literary critic
• Stanisław Staszic -- philosopher, statesman, geologist, poet, priest, and writer
• Howard Staunton -- chess writer and world chess champion, actor, Shakespearean scholar, educationalist
• Rudolf Steiner -- philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright, educator, social thinker, mystic

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also Leibnitz or von Leibniz)[1] (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14, 1716) was a German polymath. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A logician is a philosopher, mathematician, or other whose topic of scholarly study is logic. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... British barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services which assist and instruct people in the most efficient and effective ways to identify, locate, access, and use information and resources (articles, books, magazines, etc. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... John Muir (1838-1914) John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was one of the earliest, and perhaps the most important of, modern conservationists. ... Bold textHello ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sir Isaac Newton in Knellers portrait of 1689. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Look up Alchemist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Alchemist may refer to— a person who practices alchemy. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The word probability derives from the Latin probare (to prove, or to test). ... Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 - February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Charles Sanders Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced purse), (September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American polymath, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A logician is a philosopher, mathematician, or other whose topic of scholarly study is logic. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... This article or section should include material from Erdmessung. ... Dr. José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), variously called the Pride of the Malay Race, The Great Malayan, The First Filipino, The Messiah of the Revolution, The Universal Hero and The Messiah of the Redemption. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Adam Smith, FRSE, (baptised June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A psychologist is a scientist who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human behavior and mental processes. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A critic (from Greek κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns, from Ancient Greek κριτής, krités, a judge) is a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis, value judgement, interpretation, or observation. ... StanisÅ‚aw Staszic StanisÅ‚aw Staszic (November 6, 1755 - January 20, 1826) was a Polish priest, philosopher, statesman, geologist, scholar, poet and writer, a leader of the Polish Enlightenment, famous for works related to the Great or Four-Year Sejm (1788-1792) and the May Constitution of Poland adopted by... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Howard Staunton Howard Staunton (April 1810 - June 22, 1874) was an English chess master and unofficial World Chess Champion. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ... Rudolf Steiner. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... The Flammarion Woodcut can be taken to illustrate the Gnostics mystical search for spiritual worlds by circumventing the constraints of materialism. ...

T to Z

• James John Garth Wilkinson -- poet, philologist, doctor, philosopher
• Thomas Young -- prodigy, physicist, physician, linguist, egyptologist
• William Whewell -- philosopher, theologian, historian, scientist
• Christopher Wren -- architect, astronomer and mathematician

James John Garth Wilkinson (June 3, 1812 - October 18, 1899), was a Swedenborgian writer. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Thomas Young, English scientist Thomas Young (June 13, 1773 – May 10, 1829) was an English scientist, researcher, physician and polymath. ... Look up prodigy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... An Egyptologist is any archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. ... William Whewell William Whewell (May 24, 1794 – March 6, 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian and historian of science. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller, 1711. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ...

Contemporary

A to D

• Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) -- author or editor of over 400 books on a wide-range of subjects (in every major Dewey Decimal Classification except philosophy), association president (American Humanist Association), biochemist, club chairman, essayist, humanist, limericist, literary award winner (Hugo Award, Nebula Award), literary critic, magazine editor, lecturer, neologist, novelist (master of the science-fiction genre, and one of the "Big Three" of the golden age of science fiction), PhD, professor, public speaker, scholar, famed short story writer (I, Robot, and many others). Known as the "Great Explainer," and was virtually a mascot for Mensa.
• Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) -- academy president (American Academy of Arts and Letters), association president (Pilgrims Society), author, chief editor (Educational Review), conference chairman (Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration), dean, educator (President of Columbia University), fund raiser, international diplomat, lecturer, Nobel laureate (Nobel Peace Prize), NPO president and trustee (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), PhD, philanthropist, philosopher, politician (recurrent Republican National Convention delegate, U.S. vice presidential candidate), professor, public speaker, publisher, scholar. Referred to as "The last man who knew everything" and by the epithet "Nicholas Miraculous".
• Otto Maria Carpeaux -- literary critic, chemist, mathematician, musicologist, political writer, screenplayer, essayist, physician, sociologist, historian
• Kenneth E. Boulding -- economist, educator, poet, religious mystic, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher
• George Washington Carver -- botanist, musician, artist, orator, athletic trainer and student leader
• Nirad C. Chaudhuri -- historian, cultural critic, scholar of Victorian literature and art, travelogue writer, polyglot and interpreter of Eastern and Western philosophy, culture and society, connoisseur of Western Classical music, Western food and over 500 varieties of wine and strict practitioner of Victorian etiquette and dress code
• Winston Churchill -- politician, journalist, author, historian, soldier, painter
• Jared Diamond -- evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and nonfiction author, conservationist, speaks a dozen languages

Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions, the most recent in 2004. ... A voluntary association (also sometimes called just an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... The American Humanist Association (AHA) is an American humanist group serving secular humanism, but tending to favor Humanism as defined by the world body for Humanism, the IHEU. Founded in 1941, the AHA has served its members by initiating social reforms and other programs. ... Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... A club is generally an association of people united by a common interest or goal, as opposed to any natural ties of kinship. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Humanism is a system of thought that defines a socio-political doctrine (-ism) whose bounds exceed those of locally developed cultures, to include all of humanity and all issues common to human beings. ... A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure. ... A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece of work. ... Winners of the Hugo Award for best novel. ... Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, or to reshape older terms in newer language form. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with public speaking. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... This is a partial list of short story authors: Lee K. Abbott (born 1947) Sherman Alexie (born 1966) Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Isaac Babel (1894-1940) Andrea Barrett (born 1964) John Barth (born 1930) Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) Charles Baxter (born 1947) Ann Beattie (born 1947... I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950. ... There are multiple pages related to Mensa. Mensa International is an organization for persons with high IQs. ... Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. ... Raphaels portrait of Plato, a detail of The School of Athens fresco An an institution for the study of (usually) higher learning. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ... A voluntary association (also sometimes called just an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... The Pilgrims Society, founded in 1902, is a British-American society established, in the words of American past-president Joseph Choate, to promote good-will, good-fellowship, and everlasting peace between the United States and Great Britain. Over the years it has boasted an elite membership of politicians, diplomats, businessmen... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Editor has four major senses: a person who obtains or improves material for a publication; a film editor, a person responsible for the flow of a motion picture or television program from scene to scene a sound editor, a person responsible for the flow and choice of music, voice, and... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration was founded in 1895 to support the cause of international arbitration, arbitration treaties, and an international court, and to generate public support on behalf of the cause. ... Dean is a title given to some institutions senior or supervisory staff: Look up dean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... A nonprofit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... The Endowments headquarters at 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private nonprofit organization promoting international cooperation and active international engagement by the United States of America. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his/her time, money, or effort towards helping others. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the United States Republican Party, is held every four years to determine the partys candidate for the coming Presidential election and the partys platform. ... A delegate is an individual (or a member of a group called a delegation) who represents the interests of a larger organization (e. ... [1] Died in office. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with public speaking. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... Chemistry (derived from alchemy) is the science of matter at or near the atomic scale. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Musicology is reasoned discourse concerning music (Greek: μουσικη = music and λογος = word or reason). In other words: the whole body of systematized knowledge about music which results from the application of a scientific method of investigation or research, or of philosophical speculation and rational systematization to the facts, the processes and the... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Kenneth Ewart Boulding (January 18, 1910 - March 18, 1993) was an economist, educator, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... The Flammarion Woodcut can be taken to illustrate the Gnostics mystical search for spiritual worlds by circumventing the constraints of materialism. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... Nirad C. Chaudhuri (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was born in Kishorganj in the Mymensingh district of East Bengal (now in Bangladesh). ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... A cultural critic is a critic of a given culture, usually as a whole and typically on a radical basis. ... Charles Dickens is still one of the best known English writers of any era. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... This article is in the process of being merged into Travel literature, and may be outdated. ... Polyglot has several meanings: Look up Polyglot on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The property of speaking multiple languages A polyglot is a person that can speak many languages A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a bible such as the first... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Western philosophy is a modern claim that there is a line of related philosophical thinking, beginning in ancient Greece (Greek philosophy) and the ancient Near East (the Abrahamic religions), that continues to this day. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... Human relationships within an ethnically diverse society. ... A connoisseur (Fr. ... Classical music in its widest sense is held to refer to music deriving from learned traditions, taught through institutions either specifically devoted to music (e. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of fruit, typically grapes though a number of other fruits are also quite popular - such as plum, elderberry and blackcurrant. ... Etiquette, also known as decorum, is the code that governs the expectations of social behavior, the conventional norm. ... Clothing has various sociological functions, including: conspicuous consumption stating or claiming identity establishing, maintaining and defying sociological group norms Thus wearing specific types of clothing or the manner of wearing clothing can convey messages about class, income, belief and attitude. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Jared Diamond Jared Mason Diamond (born 10 September 1937) is a Jewish-American nonfiction author, evolutionary biologist, physiologist, and biogeographer. ... Evolutionary biology is a subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change over time, i. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Conservationists are those people who tend to more highly rank the wise use of the Earths resources and ecosystems. ...

E to K

• Thomas Alva Edison (187-1931) -- prolific inventor, chemist, engineer, entrepreneur, freethinker, genius, industrialist, industrial researcher, major patent holder (1,097 in the U.S. alone), film producer, music producer (phonographs), publisher (co-founded Science, scientist, technologist, visionary. Known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park".)
• Richard Feynman -- physicist, mathematician, musician, lecturer, Nobel laureate (1965, Physics), aerospace accident investigator (Challenger disaster), PhD, practical joker, professor, writer, safe-cracker. Like Isaac Asimov, earned the informal title "The Great Explainer".
• Moshé Feldenkrais -- engineer, physicist, judo expert, physical therapist
• Francis Galton -- anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, statistician
• Buckminster Fuller -- designer, metal-tradesman, architect, inventor, mathematician, spaceship earth theoretician
• Murray Gell-Mann -- prodigy, professor of physics, international advisor on the environment, authority on the origin of languages, arms control and foreign relations, Nobel Prize winner
• Hossein Gol-e-Golab -- botanist, musician, poet, translator; earned degrees in law & political science, but never practiced law
• Piet Hein -- scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, poet, philosopher
• Douglas Hofstadter -- author, cognitive scientist, composer, literary award winner (Pulitzer Prize), computer programmer, poet, PhD, philosopher, physicist, professor
• Howard Hughes -- aviation pioneer, billionaire, engineer, entrepreneur, film producer, industrialist, inventor, pilot, real estate tycoon
• William James -- (founding) psychologist, medical scholar, philosopher
• William Stanley Jevons -- economist, logician, scientific methodology, (19th c.) computing engineer
• Alexandre Kojeve -- philosopher, jurist, politician, intellectual historian
• Raymond Kurzweil -- author, electronic engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, philosopher, computer scientist, computer engineer, futurologist, musician, programmer, software engineer, transhumanist

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The word freethinker has different meanings: A freethinker is a proponent of the philosophical practice known as Freethinking, thus being a practitioner of Freethought. ... A genius is a person with distinguished mental abilities. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and... Music is a form of expression in the medium of time using the structures of tones and silence. ... Producer may refer to: Executive producer, supervises one or more producers Record producer, or music producer, in the music industry Theatrical producer, oversees the staging of theatre productions Film producer, oversees the making of movies Television producer, oversees the making of television programs Radio producer, oversees the making of a... Edison cylinder phonograph ca. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Science is the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... In many countries, Technologists are synonymous with applied scientists or engineers. ... Narrowly, a visionary is one who experiences a supernatural vision or apparition. ... Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) (surname pronounced FINE-man; in IPA) was an influential American physicist known for expanding greatly on the theory of quantum electrodynamics, quark theory, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... Winners of the Nobel Prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ... STS-51-L was the 25th launch of a Space Shuttle and the tenth launch of the Challenger. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... A practical joke or prank is a practice intended to be humorous (usually in action, not just in words) in which another person is fooled, annoyed, or embarrassed in what the perpetrator imagines to be a mild and light-hearted fashion. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dr. Moshé Pinhas Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 - July 1, 1984) was the founder of the Feldenkrais method of movement education designed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness in movement. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道, jÅ«dō; gentle way) is a martial art, sport, and philosophy originated in Japan. ... Physical therapy can help restore lost functionality in many people. ... Francis Galton Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. (February 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911), half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. ... See Anthropology. ... Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution: Logo from the Second International Congress of Eugenics, 1921, depicting it as a tree which unites a variety of different fields. ... This list of explorers is sorted by surname. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. ... Look up geneticist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For information regarding the parapsychology phenomenon of distance knowledge, see psychometry. ... For Wikipedia statistics, see m:Statistics Statistics is the science and practice of developing human knowledge through the use of empirical data expressed in quantitative form. ... In the U.S. postage stamp commemorating Buckminster Fuller and his contributions to architecture and science, some of his inventions are visible. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... Murray Gell-Mann at Harvard University Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. ... Look up prodigy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Hossein Gol-e-Golab (Persian حسین کولی کولاب also given as Hosayn Golgolab, 1896-) was a polymath Iranian scholar and musician who wrote the nationalist anthem Ey Iran. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 18, 1996) was a scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym Kumbel meaning tombstone. His short poems, gruks (or grooks), first started to appear in the daily newspaper Politiken shortly after the Nazi Occupation in April 1940 under... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American academic. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Rendering of human brain based on MRI data Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece of work. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... A programmer or software developer is someone who programs computers, i. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... For other people named Howard Hughes, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation). ... First flight, December 17, 1903 Aviation or air transport refers to the activities surrounding human flight and the aircraft industry. ... Pioneer may refer to: Woodsman, one who makes his living in the wilderness through trapping, hunting, logging, and/or prospecting Settler, one who has travelled from his or her homeland by choice to live in a new land or colony Mormon Pioneer, a members of the Church of Jesus Christ... A billionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of or more than one billion United States dollars or euros. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Business magnate. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... It has been suggested that Pilot (spaceflight) be merged into this article or section. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul or a tycoon, is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from said control. ... William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. ... A psychologist is a scientist who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human behavior and mental processes. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... [William Stanley Jevons] William Stanley Jevons (September 1, 1835 - August 13, 1882), English economist and logician, was born in Liverpool. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A logician is a philosopher, mathematician, or other whose topic of scholarly study is logic. ... Methodology is a meta-knowledge. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alexandre Koj ve (Alexandre Vladimirovitch Kojevnikov) (1902 - 1968) was Marxist and Hegelian political philosopher, who had a substantial impact on intellectual life in France in the 1930s. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Raymond Kurzweil Raymond Kurzweil (pronounced //) (b. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... Computer Engineering (also sometimes called Computer Systems Engineering) is a specialised discipline that combines electrical engineering and computer science. ... Futurology or futures studies (called futurism in the United States) is the study of the medium to long-term future, by extrapolating present technological, economic or social trends, or by attempting to predict future trends. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A programmer or software developer is someone who programs computers, i. ... Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... Transhumanism is an emergent school of speculative philosophy analysing or favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition. ...

L to R

• Jaron Lanier -- computer scientist, inventor of the term "virtual reality", musician, artist, futurist
• Story Musgrave -- mathematician, physicist, chemist, Astronaut, computer scientist, Heart Surgeon, author
• John von Neumann -- mathematician, physicist, chemist, economist, computer scientist
• Walter J. Ong -- communication theorist, literature, media studies, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, theology
• Pier Paolo Pasolini -- philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, journalist, actor, painter
• Linus Pauling -- 2-time Nobel laureate
• John Robinson Pierce -- telecommunications pioneer, computer musician, science fiction author
• Walter Pitts, -- cognitive psychologist, Mathematical-logician, philosopher, Cyberneticist, Neuroscientist
• Michael Polanyi -- physical chemist, philosopher, theologian, economist
• Kukrit Pramoj -- author, economist, historian, novelist, philosopher, statesman
• Anatol Rapoport -- mathematician, psychologist, concert pianist, general systems theorist, Game theorist
• José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda -- amateur architect, artist, amateur economist, educator, amateur ethnologist, scientific farmer, historian, internationalist, inventor, journalist, mythologist, naturalist, novelist, ophthalmologist, physician, poet, polyglot, propagandist, sculptor, amateur sociologist
• Theodore Roosevelt -- author, bureaucrat, journalist, hunter, naturalist, soldier, politician (U.S. President, woodsman
• Bertrand Russell -- author, essayist, mathematician, philosopher, political activist

Jaron Lanier (born 1960) is an artist[citation needed], musician, inventor[citation needed], virtual reality developer, public speaker, and member of the Global Business Network. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the art movement, futurism. ... Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is a retired NASA Astronaut. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart, typically to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (e. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... John von Neumann in the 1940s. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... Walter Ong Father Walter Jackson Ong, Ph. ... In mathematics, theory is used informally to refer to a body of knowledge about mathematics. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... Psychology (Gk: psyche, soul or mind + logos, speech) is an academic and applied field involving the study of the human mind, brain, and behavior. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 - November 2, 1975) was an Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American theoretical chemist, molecular biologist, and biochemist, widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth century. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 - April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. ... Pioneer may refer to: Woodsman, one who makes his living in the wilderness through trapping, hunting, logging, and/or prospecting Settler, one who has travelled from his or her homeland by choice to live in a new land or colony Mormon Pioneer, a members of the Church of Jesus Christ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Walter Pitts (1923? - 1969) was a logician who worked in the field of cognitive psychology. ... Cognitive psychology is the psychological science that studies cognition, the mental processes that underlie behavior, including thinking, reasoning, decision making, and to some extent motivation and emotion. ... Mathematical logic is a discipline within mathematics, studying formal systems in relation to the way they encode intuitive concepts of proof and computation as part of the foundations of mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors? (Plato, Alcibiades, 135A). ... Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. ... Michael Polanyi (March 11, 1891 - February 22, 1976) was a Hungarian/ British polymath whose thought and work extended across physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. ... Chemist Julie Perkins of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pours from a Florence flask. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... Maj. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... Anatol Rapoport (born May 22, 1911) is a Russian-born American Jewish, mathematical psychologist. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A psychologist is a scientist who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human behavior and mental processes. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Systems theory or general systems theory or systemics is an interdisciplinary field which studies systems as a whole. ... Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns. ... Dr. José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), variously called the Pride of the Malay Race, The Great Malayan, The First Filipino, The Messiah of the Revolution, The Universal Hero and The Messiah of the Redemption. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... Ethnology (greek ethnos: (non-greek, barbarian) people) is a genre of anthropological study, involving the systematic comparison of the folklore, beliefs and practices of different societies. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Internationalism is a political movement which advocates a greater economic and political cooperation between nations for the benefit of all. ... An invention is an object, process, or technique which displays an element of novelty. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting information regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ... // The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ... Look up poetry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term multilingualism can refer to rather different phenomena. ... It has been suggested that Propaganda in the United States be merged into this article or section. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the government. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hunting is, in its most general sense, the pursuit of a target. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... The word woodsman, meaning man of the woods, can be applied to any person coming from or living in a wooded area. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ...

S to Z

• Albert Schweitzer -- philosopher, virtuoso organist (musician), humanitarian, theologian, physician
• William James Sidis -- mathematics, law, Native American history, psychology, and language
• Herbert Simon -- cognitive psychologist, computer scientist, economist and philosopher
• Rabindranath Tagore -- poet, playwright, novelist, visual artist, song writer, philosopher, social worker
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien -- Poet, Novelist, linguist, Educator, European mythology expert.
• Lewis Thomas -- physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.
• Ludwig Wittgenstein -- cognitive philosopher, mathematical logician, architect, aeronautical engineer, composer
• Stephen Wolfram -- computer program designer, physicist, artist, philosopher

Albert Schweitzer, Etching by Arthur William Heintzelman Dr. Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A virtuoso (from the Latin virtus meaning: skill, manliness, excellence) is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. ... Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... William James Sidis (April 1, 1898–July 17, 1944) was a highly gifted mathematician and a child prodigy in the United States of America in the early 20th century. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Psychology (Gk: psyche, soul or mind + logos, speech) is an academic and applied field involving the study of the human mind, brain, and behavior. ... Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was a researcher in the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science, public administration, economics and philosophy (sometimes described as a polymath). ... A psychologist is a scientist who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human behavior and mental processes. ... The physicist Albert Einstein is probably historys most widely recognized scientist. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Many times, the term art is used to refer to the visual arts. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... // The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ... Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... Headline text --67. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Look up administrator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ... Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (IPA: ) (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Incorrect shortening of Mathematics. ... A logician is a philosopher, mathematician, or other whose topic of scholarly study is logic. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Stephen Wolfram (born August 29, 1959 in London) is a scientist known for his work in theoretical particle physics, cellular automata and computer algebra, and is the creator of the computer program Mathematica. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ...

Legendary/Culture Heroes/Fictional

Note: Some legendary figures might be based on actual polymaths whose history is not well-recorded. They do not belong in the main list because their existence is uncertain, but they are mentioned in the event that elements of their story prove true.

• Atonga, Polynesian culture hero noted for starting music and canoeing.
• Buckaroo Banzai, fictional and humorous science fiction character (a frequently-heard comment from adult fans: "I want to be Buckaroo when I grow up"). Talents include: physicist, neurosurgeon, martial artist, rock musician, race car driver, inventor, head of international crime-fighting team, has the President of the United States on speed-dial, and even has comic book (in his fictional world) chronicling his exploits.
• Daedalus, architect, inventor, craftsman.
• Odin, Norse deity of war and wisdom, known for his poetry, the study of magic, and credited with invention of writing.
• Fu Hsi, Chinese culture hero who was said to have started writing, fishing, metallurgy and law.
• Sherlock Holmes, fictional character based on a mix of Dr. Joseph Bell and author Arthur Conan Doyle; scientist, detective, martial artist, violinist.
• Sundiata Keita, semi-historical legendary founder of the Mali Empire whose tales sometimes gave him a variety of skills (magician, warrior, scholar, etc).
• Quetzalcoatl, ancient Mesoamerican ruler considered the originator of the arts, poetry and all knowledge.
• Volund, Norse, probably based on the Greek legends of Daedalus.
• Milo Giacomo Rambaldi, also fictional but based on Nostradamus and Leonardo da Vinci.
• Hannibal Lecter, fictional serial killer created by Thomas Harris; chef, psychologist, musician, artist, mathematician, historian.
• Cmdr. Spock of Star Trek: scientist, musician, warrior (when necessary), diplomat; well-informed on virtually every subject.
• Dr. Sam Beckett of Quantum Leap is hinted at as being a polymath as he holds numerous degrees.