16th-century alchemists

Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.

Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601

Paracelsus (; ; 10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)

German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician

Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor

16th century German doctor and chemist

English alchemist

French cryptographer (1523-1596)

French jurisconsult

German physician, alchemist and composer (1568–1622)

French writer

German scientist

16th-century Italian alchemist and writer

Polish academic

English aristocrat (1564-1632)

German scientist (1533-1593)

German alchemist

alchemist, bibliophile, philosopher, physician, translator

Italian poet, scholar

Polish alchemist

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

English courtier and poet

Italian physician and philosopher

Hungarian writer

English physician and alchemist (1579-1651)

Italian physician

French alchemist

German alchemist

Professor of medicine at the University of Krakow and its rector in 1510–1511

Swiss physician

German alchemist

French alchemist

French alchemist

physician, editor of Paracelsus

German alchemist

legendary Renaissance alchemist and teacher of Paracelsus

Italian-Jewish polymath (1544–1599)

Irish writer

English poet and alchemist

German alchemist, paracelsian and writer (1567-1619 or later)

French alchemist (1510–1567)

Italian alchemist (1530-1580)

alchemist and translator

Hungarian goldsmith

alchemist