1996 Death Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72 1924 Birthday Sayed Idries Shah, thinker 1917 Death F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 1905 Death Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies 1850 Birthday Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker 1847 Birthday George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions 1840 Birthday Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor, Kiss, Thinker 1694 Birthday Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet, France, thinker, Candide 1674 Death Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 1602 Birthday Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza 430 Death Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
