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List of people considered polymaths
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Ancient period * Aristotle, philosopher, scientist, logician * Imhotep, physician, chancellor, architect Postclassical period * Abhinavigupta, philosopher, writer, musician * Al-Biruni, Indologist, theologist, geographer * Ibn Sina, physician, natural scientist, poet<ref name=":0" /> * Leonardo da Vinci, artist, scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, architect * Leon Battista Alberti, architect, writer, mathematician, humanist, cryptographer, linguist, philosopher, musician, archaeologist * Niccolò Machiavelli, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright, politician, diplomat * Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician, astronomer, Catholic canon, translator, economist * Omar Khayyam, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, poet, historian * Shen Kuo, mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, entomologist, geologist, author, botanist, geographer, military general, art critic, poet, musician, statesman Modern period * 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<ref name=":0" /> * 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 *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<ref name=":0" /> See Also
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