Jacobus Arminius
1560 – 1609
Dutch

Protestant theologian. He opposed the Calvinist doctrine of predestination and began the process that would diminish the influence of Calvinism within Christian Protestantism.

Contemporaries
1515–1582St. Teresa of Avila
1564–1616William Shakespeare
1533–1592Michel de Montaigne
1542–1591St. John of the Cross
1588–1679Thomas Hobbes
1596–1650René Descartes
1599–1658Oliver Cromwell
1500–1571Benvenuto Cellini
1509–1564John Calvin
1561–1626Francis Bacon