FamousPeopleFacts - Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

Date of Birth: June 19, 1623 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Date of Death: August 19, 1662 Biography Blaise Pascal was a renowned French philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and inventor, born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics and…
FamousPeopleFacts - Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Date of Birth: May 18, 1872 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: February 2, 1970 Biography Bertrand Arthur William Russell, the 3rd Earl Russell, was a British philosopher, logician, essayist, and social critic. Born into an aristocratic family, Russell was one of the most influential…
FamousPeopleFacts - Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams

Date of Birth: September 21, 1929 Zodiac Sign: Virgo Date of Death: June 10, 2003 Biography Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was a prominent British philosopher, born on September 21, 1929, in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. He was one of the most important and influential philosophers…
FamousPeopleFacts - Bernard de Mandeville

Bernard de Mandeville

Date of Birth: November 15, 1670 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Date of Death: January 21, 1733 Biography Bernard de Mandeville was a Dutch-English philosopher, political economist, and satirist, best known for his work “The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits.” Born in Rotterdam,…
FamousPeopleFacts - Benjamin Whichcote

Benjamin Whichcote

Date of Birth: May 4, 1609 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: May 17, 1683 Biography Benjamin Whichcote was a prominent English philosopher and theologian, born in 1609 in Stoke, Shropshire, England. He is best known as a leading member of the Cambridge Platonists, a…

Baruch Spinoza

Date of Birth: November 24, 1632 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Date of Death: February 21, 1677 Biography Baruch Spinoza, also known as Benedict de Spinoza, was a renowned Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Jewish origin. He was born in the 17th century and is considered one of…

Baltasar Gracian

Date of Birth: January 8, 1601 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Date of Death: December 6, 1658 Biography Baltasar Gracián y Morales, commonly known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit, philosopher, and writer born in the early 17th century. He is best known for his works…
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Avicenna

Date of Birth: August 980 CE Zodiac Sign: Unknown Date of Death: June 1037 CE Biography Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a Persian polymath born in the village of Afshana near Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan) during the Islamic Golden Age. He is one…

Arthur Schopenhauer

Date of Birth: February 22, 1788 Zodiac Sign: Pisces Date of Death: September 21, 1860 Biography Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). He is best known for his work “The World as Will and Representation,”…
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Aristotle

Date of Birth: 384 BCE Zodiac Sign: Unknown Date of Death: 322 BCE Biography Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, born in Stagira, a small town on the northern coast of Greece. He was a student of Plato and went on to tutor…