List of people considered polymaths
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Ancient period[edit]
Postclassical period[edit]
- Abhinavigupta, philosopher, writer, musician[2]
- Al-Biruni, Indologist, theologist, geographer[3]
- Ibn Sina, physician, natural scientist, poet[1]
- Leonardo da Vinci, artist, scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, architect[4]
- Leon Battista Alberti, architect, writer, mathematician, humanist, cryptographer, linguist, philosopher, musician, archaeologist[5]
- Niccolò Machiavelli, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright, politician, diplomat
- Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician, astronomer, Catholic canon, translator, economist[6]
- Omar Khayyam, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, poet, historian
- Shen Kuo, mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, entomologist, geologist, author, botanist, geographer, military general, art critic, poet, musician, statesman[7]
Modern period[edit]
- Alexander von Humboldt, biologist, geographer, naturalist, explorer
- Ananda Coomaraswamy, metaphysician, historian, philosopher of art
- Benjamin Banneker, scientist, naturalist, mathematician, author, astronomer
- Benjamin Franklin, writer, scientist, inventor, politician, diplomat
- David Unaipon, inventor, author, preacher
- Galileo Galilei, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, writer, academic
- George Washington Carver, botanist, inventor, environmentalist, scientist
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, politician, philosopher, mathematician, scientist
- Isaac Newton, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, theologian, historian, alchemist, bureaucrat
- Jagadish Chandra Bose, physicist, biologist, botanist, author
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer, poet, playwright, essayist, painter, theologian, philosopher, humanist, scientist, critic
- Jose Rizal, politician, statesman, activist, writer, ophthalmologist
- Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, musician, composer, painter, social reformer
- Mikhail Lomonosov, geologist, chemist, writer, physicist, astronomer
- Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician, founder of professional nursing[1]
- Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor, architect, designer, philosopher, writer, television host
- Thomas Jefferson, statesman, politician, diplomat, architect
- W. E. B. DuBois, sociologist, historian, activist, writer
Contemporary period[edit]
- John von Neumann (1903-1957) - mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer
- Herbert Simon (1916-2001)- Psychologist, economist, and artificial intelligence
- Johnny Eck (1911-1991), freak show performer, actor, artist, musician, photographer, illusionist, puppet show operator
- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologician, philosopher, musician[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robinson, Andrew (11 May 2019). "In pursuit of polymathy". The Lancet. 393 (10184): 1926. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30995-X.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, pp. 60–61.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, pp. 127–128.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, pp. 11–12.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, pp. 125–126.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, p. 24.
- ↑ Ahmed 2018, pp. 68–69.
Sources[edit]
- Ahmed, Waqas (2018). The Polymath : unlocking the power of human versatility. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley. ISBN 9781119508489. OCLC 1117695960. Search this book on
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