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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter Abelard	Philosopher	1079	21-Apr-1142	French scholastic philosopher
Cornelius Agrippa	Magician	14-Sep-1486	18-Feb-1535	Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Ulisse Aldrovandi	Naturalist	11-Sep-1522	10-Mar-1605	Pioneering entomologist and naturalist
Ethan Allen	Military	10-Jan-1739	12-Feb-1789	Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys
Anaxagoras	Philosopher	c. 500 BC	c. 428 BC	Matter composed of infinite elements
Averroës	Philosopher	1126	1198	Islamic commentator on the classics
Robert Barnes	Religion	1495	30-Jul-1540	English reformer and martyr
Lyman Beecher	Religion	12-Oct-1775	10-Jan-1863	American Presbyterian preacher
John Biddle	Religion	1615	22-Sep-1662	Father of English Unitarianism
Thomas Bilney	Religion	c. 1495	19-Aug-1531	English martyr, influenced Latimer
Jakob Boehme	Religion	1575	17-Nov-1624	German Protestant mystic
Giordano Bruno	Scientist	1548	17-Feb-1600	Heretic cosmologist
Thomas François Burgers	Head of State	15-Apr-1834	9-Dec-1881	President of Transvaal Republic
Girolamo Cardano	Doctor	24-Sep-1501	21-Sep-1576	De Subtilitate
Thomas Cranmer	Religion	2-Jul-1489	21-Mar-1556	First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury
Jacques DeMolay	Military	c. 1244	18-Mar-1314	Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Galileo Galilei	Astronomer	15-Feb-1564	8-Jan-1642	Copernican observational astronomer
Nicholas Grimald	Poet	1519	1559	Songes and Sonettes
Patrick Hamilton	Religion	1504	29-Feb-1528	Scottish Lutheran martyr
John Hooper	Religion	c. 1495	9-Feb-1555	Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester
Jan Hus	Religion	c. 1373	6-Jul-1415	Czech reformer and martyr
Joan of Arc	Religion	6-Jan-1412	30-May-1431	Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake
Henry of Lausanne	Religion	fl. 12th c.	fl. 12th c.	12th century French heretic
St. Ignatius of Loyola	Religion	1491	31-Jul-1556	Founder of the Jesuit order
Martin Luther	Religion	10-Nov-1483	18-Feb-1546	Created Protestant movement
Christopher Marlowe	Playwright	6-Feb-1564	30-May-1593	Doctor Faustus
Gerard Mercator	Cartographer	5-Mar-1512	2-Dec-1594	The Mercator Projection
William of Ockham	Philosopher	c. 1285	9-Apr-1348	Occam's Razor
Sir John Oldcastle	Military	c. 1378	14-Dec-1417	Lollard rebel leader
Catherine Parr	Royalty	1512	7-Sep-1548	Final wife of King Henry VIII
Nicholas Ridley	Religion	c. 1500	16-Oct-1555	Anglican Bishop and martyr
Girolamo Savonarola	Religion	21-Sep-1452	23-May-1498	Italian monk and martyr
Kaspar Schwenkfeld	Religion	1489	10-Dec-1561	Vergötterung
Michael Servetus	Religion	c. 1511	27-Oct-1553	De Trinitatis Erroribus
Socrates	Philosopher	469 BC	399 BC	Developer of the Socratic Method
Baruch de Spinoza	Philosopher	24-Nov-1632	21-Feb-1677	Rationalist, lensmaker
Mahmoud Muhammad Taha	Religion	c. 1909	18-Jan-1985	Progressive Islamic theologian
William Tyndale	Religion	1492	6-Oct-1536	Bible translator, burnt at the stake
Lorenzo Valla	Scholar	1407	1-Aug-1457	Debunked the Donation of Constantine
George Wishart	Religion	c. 1513	1-Mar-1546	Scottish religious reformer and martyr

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