Question: who was the most important person in the enlightenment?
Answer: Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
Rene Descartes (1596–1650) ... 
John Locke (1632–1704) ... 
Frederick the Great (1712–1786) ... 
Voltaire (1694–1778) ... 
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) ... 
Denis Diderot (1713–1784) ... 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)