| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adányi, András | Occupied himself with polemic theology, canon law, moral philosophy, scripture in Trnava | |
| Castel, Louis-Bertrand | Occupied himself with mathematics, physics, optics | |
| 1574 | Clavius, Christoph | Editor of mathematics, optics in Messina |
| Dasier, Johann-Baptist | Teacher of moral philosophy in Straubing | |
| de Dominis, Markantun | Occupied himself with optics | |
| Eschinardi, Francesco | Occupied himself with optics, civil architecture, military architecture, watchmaking, acoustics, cartography | |
| Gautruche, Pierre | Occupied himself with mathematics, astronomy, geometry, optics, geography | |
| Gerra, Jean Dominique | Teacher of astronomy, mechanics, optics in Milan | |
| Heinisch, Jacobus | Teacher of mathematics, literae humaniores, moral philosophy | |
| Kéri, Ferencz Borgia | Occupied himself with physics, astronomy, astronomical observations, mechanics, optics, history | |
| Kerschpaumer, Jean | Teacher of rhetoric, physics, moral philosophy in Ingolstadt | |
| Kircher, Athanasius | Occupied himself with hieroglyphs, magnetism, sun dials, Arabic, Latin, egyptology, archaeology, cryptology, combinatorics, optics, music, cosmology, medicine | |
| Milliet de Chales, Claude-François | Occupied himself with astronomy, architecture, calendars, geometry, mechanics, magnetism, optics, music, perspective, cartography, navigation | |
| Muettinger, Louis | Teacher of rhetoric, mathematics, controversial theology, moral philosophy in Graz | |
| Pardies, Ignace-Gaston | Occupied himself with astronomy, geometry, optics, statics | |
| Susliga, Wawrzyniec |
Studied astronomy, calendars in Graz
Study and work under Jan Decker |
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| Sylvius, Alexius | Occupied himself with physics, astronomy, calendars, geometry | |
| de Torres, Baltasar | Occupied himself with mathematics, optics, medicine | |
| Zucchi, Nicola | Occupied himself with physics, astronomical observations, mechanics, magnetism, optics, experiments |