Galileo Galilei
1564–1642
Italian astronomer tried by the Inquisition for supporting the Sun-centered model.
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) was an astronomer, born in Pisa and died in Arcetri.
- Known as
- Astronomer
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1564, Pisa
- Died
- 1642, Arcetri
Alive at the same time as Galileo Galilei
- Tycho Brahe 1546–1601, astronomer
- Walter Raleigh c. 1552–1618, explorer
- Francis Bacon 1561–1626, philosopher
- Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643, composer
- Samuel de Champlain c. 1567–1635, explorer
- Johannes Kepler 1571–1630, astronomer
- Peter Paul Rubens 1577–1640, painter
- William Harvey 1578–1657, physician
- Thomas Hobbes 1588–1679, philosopher
- Pierre de Fermat 1607–1665, mathematician
- Blaise Pascal 1623–1662, mathematician
- Christiaan Huygens 1629–1695, astronomer
Portrait: Justus Sustermans, Public domain.
