Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer and polymath.
Michel de Montaigne was a celebrated French philosopher and author, renowned for pioneering the essay as a literary genre.
John Knox was a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland and shaped the country's religious identity.
Pierre de la Ramée was a French humanist, philosopher, and mathematician who pioneered the development of modern logic and critical thinking.