This post is a collection of influential polymaths. There are 14 polymaths listed below chronologically by date of birth. Wikipedia says, "A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems" (Wikipedia: Polymath, 12.24.22 UTC 13:01)
- Aristotle (384-322 BC)
- Avicenna (980-1037)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
- Averroes (1126-1198)
- Leonard da Vinci (1452-1519)
- Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
- Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
- Isaac Newton (1642-1726)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- Joseph Priestly (1733-1804)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- Thomas Young (1773-1829)
- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
