In order to establish a network of both well-known and lesser-known intellectuals engaged in the botanophilia craze, I selected a small group of well-known figures who are known for their contributions to natural history as well as some figures who might come as a surprise.

• Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Prussian naturalist
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), French political philosopher
• André Michaux (1746-1802), French botanist and explorer
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American polymath
• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist
• Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince de Ligne (1735-1814), Belgian military officer
• Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld (1742-1792), German garden theorist
• Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782), French physician and botanist
• François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), French writer and politician
• Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), French statesman
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Genevan philosopher
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), American diplomat