title: List of philosophers born in the 17th century
text: # 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)
  
  ## 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)
  