# List of philosophers born in the 17th century

Philosophers born in the 17th century (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:
       Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Firmin Abauzit, (1679–1767)
* Yves Marie André, (1675–1764)
* Antoine Arnauld, (1612–1694)12*
* Mary Astell, (1666–1731)

## B

* John Balguy, (1686–1748)
* Pierre Bayle, (1647–1706)12
* Richard Bentley, (1662–1742)
* George Berkeley, (1685–1753)12
* François Bernier, (1620–1688)
* Hugh Binning, (1627–1653)
* Samuel Bold, (1649–1737)
* Robert Boyle, (1627–1691)12
* Peter Browne, (1666–1735)
* Thomas Browne, (1605–1682)
* Claude Buffier, (1661–1737)
* Richard Burthogge, (1638–1704)
* Joseph Butler, (1692–1752)12

## C

* Gershom Carmichael, (c. 1672–1729)
* Margaret Cavendish, (1623–1673)
* Walter Charleton, (1619–1707)
* William Chillingworth, (1602–1644)
* Samuel Clarke, (1675–1729)12
* Johannes Clauberg, (1622–1665)
* Catherine Trotter Cockburn, (1679–1749)
* Arthur Collier, (1680–1732)
* Anthony Collins, (1676–1729)12
* Lady Anne Finch Conway, (1631–1679)12
* Geraud de Cordemoy, (1626–1684)
* Jean-Pierre de Crousaz, (1663–1750)
* Ralph Cudworth, (1617–1688)12
* Nathaniel Culverwel, (1619–1651)
* Richard Cumberland, (c. 1631–1718)

## D

* John Theophilus Desaguliers, (1683–1744)
* Robert Desgabets, (1610–1678)
* Kenelm Digby, (1603–1665)
* Humphry Ditton, (1675–1715)

## E

* Elisabeth of Bohemia, (1618–1680)

## F

* Michelangelo Fardella, (1646–1718)
* François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, (1651–1715)
* Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, (1657–1757)
* Simon Foucher, (1644–1696)

## G

* Gadadhara Bhattacharya, (1604–1709)
* John Gay, (1685–1732)
* Arnold Geulincx, (1624–1669)12
* Joseph Glanvill, (1636–1680)
* Baltasar Gracián y Morales, (1601–1658)
* Guido Grandi, (1671–1742)

## H

* Han Wonjin, (1682–1751)
* James Harrington, (1611–1677)
* Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, (1614–1698)
* Huang Zongxi (or Huang Tsung-hsi), (1610–1695)
* Pierre Daniel Huet, (1630–1721)
* Francis Hutcheson, (1694–1746)12
* Christiaan Huygens, (1629–1695)

## I

* Ito Jinsai, (1627–1705)
* Isaac Cardoso, (1603 or 1604).
* Isaac Orobio de Castro, (c.1617–1687)

## J

* Samuel Johnson, (1649–1703)

## K

* Kaibara Ekiken, (1630–1740)
* Lord Kames, (1696–1782)
* Kumazawa Banzan, (1619–1691)

## L

* Louis de La Forge, (1632–1666)
* William Law, (1686–1761)
* Jean Le Clerc, (1657–1737)
* Antoine Le Grand, (1629–1699)
* Gottfried Leibniz, (1646–1716)12*
* John Locke, (1632–1704)12

## M

* Nicolas Malebranche, (1638–1715)12
* Bernard de Mandeville, (1670–1733)2
* Damaris Cudworth Masham, (1659–1708)
* Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755)2
* Henry More, (1614–1687)

## N

* Isaac Newton, (1642–1727)12
* John Norris, (1657–1711)*

## O

* Ogyū Sorai, (1666–1728)

## P

* Blaise Pascal, (1623–1662)2
* Robert Joseph Pothier, (1699–1772)
* Samuel Pufendorf, (1632–1694)2

## R

* John Ray, (1627–1705)
* Pierre-Sylvain Regis, (1632–1707)
* Hermann Samuel Reimarus, (1694–1768)
* Jacques Rohault, (1617–1672)

## S

* Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607–1678)
* John Sergeant, (1623–1704)
* Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, (1671–1713)12
* Baruch Spinoza, (1632–1677)12
* James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, (1619–1695)
* Edward Stillingfleet, (1635–1699)
* Gabrielle Suchon, (1631–1703)
* Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688–1772)
* Algernon Sydney, (1623–1683)

## T

* Christian Thomasius, (1655–1728)
* Matthew Tindal, (1657–1733)
* John Toland, (1670–1722)12
* Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, (1651–1708)
* George Turnball, (1698–1748)

## V

* Giambattista Vico, (1668–1744)12
* Voltaire, (1694–1778)12

## W

* Wang Fuzhi (or Wang Fu-Chih or Wang Chuanshan), (1619–1692)
* Benjamin Whichcote, (1609–1683)
* Gerrard Winstanley, (1609–1676)
* Christian Wolff, (1679–1754)12
* William Wollaston, (1659–1724)

## Y

* Yen Yuan (1635–1704)
* Yi Kan (1677–1727)