Thomas Paine
1737–1809
English-American author of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was a political theorist, born in Thetford and died in Greenwich Village, United States.
- Known as
- Political theorist
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- 1737, Thetford
- Died
- 1809, Greenwich Village, United States
Alive at the same time as Thomas Paine
- Voltaire 1694–1778, philosopher
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712–1778, philosopher
- Denis Diderot 1713–1784, philosopher
- Adam Smith 1723–1790, economist and philosopher
- Immanuel Kant 1724–1804, philosopher
- Edmund Burke 1729–1797, political thinker
- Joseph Haydn 1732–1809, composer
- John Adams 1735–1826, US president
- Paul Revere 1735–1818, American patriot
- James Watt 1736–1819, inventor
- Marquis de Sade 1740–1814, nobleman
- Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826, US president
Portrait: Auguste Millière / After George Romney / After William Sharp, Public domain.
