Claim: Baruch Spinoza is a philosopher from Amsterdam.
Evidence: Famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank , artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh , and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
Baruch Spinoza -LRB- -LSB- bəˈruːk_spɪˈnoʊzə -RSB- -LSB- baːˈrux spɪˈnoːzaː -RSB- ; born Benedito de Espinosa , -LSB- bɨnɨˈðitu ðɨ ʃpiˈnɔzɐ -RSB- ; 24 November 1632 -- 21 February 1677 , later Benedict de Spinoza -RRB- was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin.