People

Baruch Spinoza

Rationalist philosophy

Early Modern influential

54

Louis XIV

Sun King of France

Early Modern influential

53

Ferdinand Magellan

First circumnavigation

Early Modern influential

50

Raphael

Renaissance painter

Early Modern influential

47

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel, David

Early Modern influential

41

Caravaggio

Baroque painter

Early Modern influential

38

Hernan Cortes

Conquered Aztec Empire

Early Modern influential

38

Moliere

French playwright

Early Modern influential

32

James Watt

Steam engine improvements

Early Modern influential

25

Toussaint Louverture

Haitian Revolution leader

Early Modern influential

25

Captain James Cook

Pacific explorer

Early Modern influential

17

Akbar the Great

Mughal Emperor, religious tolerance

Early Modern influential

15

Suleiman the Magnificent

Ottoman Sultan

Early Modern influential

14

Jose de San Martin

South American liberator

Early Modern influential

9