| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| c.287 B.C. - 212 B.C. | Archimedes |
| 384 B.C. - 322 B.C. | Aristotle |
| 100 A.D. - 168 A.D. | Ptolemy |
| 980 A.D. - 1037 A.D. | Avicenna |
| 1452 - 1519 | Leonardo da Vinci |
| 1473 - 1543 | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| 1561 - 1626 | Francis Bacon |
| 1564 - 1642 | Galileo Galilei |
| 1571 - 1630 | Johannes Kepler |
| 1596 - 1650 | René Descartes |