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17th-century German writers

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
Otto von Guericke
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)
Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orléans
German princess; wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Christoph Scheiner
Jesuit father, physicist and astronomer (*1575 – †1650)
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
German mathematician and philosopher (*1651 – †1708)
Georg Ernst Stahl
German physician and chemist (1659-1734)
Maria Cunitz
German astronomer
Michael Maestlin
German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)
Andreas Libavius
16th century German doctor and chemist
Johannes Valentinus Andreae
German writer, mathematician and theologian (1586-1654)
Friedrich Hoffmann
German physician and chemist (1660–1742)
Franciscus Sylvius
Dutch physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands
Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633-1714)
Justine Siegemund
German midwife who wrote a book on midwifery
Martin Zeiler
German author
Johann Faulhaber
German mathematician
Joachim Jungius
German scholar of the XVIIth century
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus
German astronomer and mathematician
Jakob Thomasius
German philosopher (1622-1684)
Wilhelm Fabry
German surgeon (1560-1634)
Hiob Ludolf
German orientalist (1624-1704)
Sethus Calvisius
German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
German physician and botanist (1652-1723)
Daniel Speer
Slovak music educator, composer, educator and writer
Oswald Croll
German alchemist
Daniel Sennert
physician and chemist
Heinrich Meibom
German physician and scholar
Georg Christoph Eimmart
engraver (1638–1705)
Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel
Swedish noble and chemist
Johann Andreas Eisenmenger
German Orientalist (1654-1704)
Rudolph Goclenius the Younger
German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic
Caspar Schamberger
German surgeon and merchant
Georg Henisch
German physician (1549–1618)
Johann Sturm
Neuburger philosopher (1635–1703)
Christian Scriver
German hymnwriter
Mark Welser
German politician and astronomer (1558-1614)
Werner Rolfinck
Physician, chemist, botanist, philosopher (1599-1673)
Johann Sigismund Elsholtz
German naturalist and physician (1623-1688)
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German philologist (1582-1640)
Sibylla Schwarz
German poet
Eberhard Werner Happel
author
Bernhardus Albinus
physician
Anton Deusing
(1612-1666)
Ernst Soner
German physician
Georg Andreas Agricola
German physician (1672-1738)
Johann Jacob von Wallhausen
German historian
Johann Sperling
German zoologist
Georg Balthasar Metzger
German physician and scientist (1623-1687)
Georg Franck von Franckenau
German botanist (1643-1704)
Neocorus
thumb|Neocorus statue in Büsum Johann Adolf Köster (also Johannes Adolph Köster) (c. 1550 – 1630) was a pastor, teacher and historian in Büsum, Germany. He is better known by his Latin name Neocorus, under which he chronicled the medieval history of Dithmarschen. The Neocorus School in Büsum was named in his honor in 1995.
Jacob Lorhard
German philosopher
Philipp Jacob Sachs von Löwenheim
German physician
Michael Ettmüller
German physician (1644-1683)
Jacob Haafner
German writer (1754-1809)
Johannes Praetorius
German writer (1630-1680)
Christian Reuter
German writer
Friderich Martens
German explorer
Bartholomäus Scultetus
German astronomer and cartographer (1540-1614)
Konrad Victor Schneider
German professor
Martin Ruland the Younger
German alchemist