Polymaths

Figures of exceptional breadth who made lasting contributions across many fields.

11 people

Aristotle, Philosophers

Ancient Greek philosopher

Leonardo da Vinci, Painters

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Mathematicians

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German polymath

Blaise Pascal, Mathematicians

French mathematician and physicist

Avicenna, Philosophers

Persian polymath

Omar Khayyám, Mathematicians

Persian mathematician and poet

John von Neumann, Mathematicians

John von Neumann

Hungarian-American mathematician

Al-Biruni, Philosophers

Persian polymath

Mikhail Lomonosov, Astronomers

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian polymath

Ibn al-Haytham, Mathematicians

Robert Hooke, Physicists

English polymath