* Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658): English military and political leader who led the Parliamentarian forces to victory in the English Civil War and became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
* Charles I (1600-1649): King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649.
* John Milton (1608-1674): English poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell.
* Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): English philosopher considered one of the founders of modern Western philosophy.
* Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician who made important discoveries in the fields of astronomy, physics, and mathematics.
1776s
* George Washington (1732-1799): First President of the United States, commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
* Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, and political philosopher.
* Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): Third President of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
* Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804): American statesman, soldier, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury.
* James Madison (1751-1836): Fourth President of the United States, principal author of the Constitution, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.