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Born in 1568

37 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Aloysius Gonzaga

    Catholic theologian, religious

    1568–1591 · aged 23

    March 19 · 1568

    Source: BeWeB

  2. Urban VIII

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    April 15 · 1568

    Source: Enciclopedia dei Papi

  3. Tommaso Campanella

    writer, religious person

    1568–1639 · aged 70

    September 14 · 1568

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Kuroda Nagamasa

    samurai

    1568–1623 · aged 54

    December 31 · 1568

    No external source identified

  5. Wei Zhongxian

    politician, eunuch in Imperial China

    1568–1627

    1568

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  6. Leonora Dori

    lady-in-waiting

    1568–1617 · aged 49

    May 29 · 1568

    Source: FemBio database

  7. Virginia de' Medici

    politician

    1568–1615 · aged 46

    June 8 · 1568

    No external source identified

  8. Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza

    aristocrat

    1568–1630 · aged 62

    May 8 · 1568

    No external source identified

  9. Cornelius a Lapide

    university teacher, theologian

    1568–1637 · aged 69

    January 7 · 1568

    Source: BeWeB

  10. Michael Maier

    philosopher, alchemist

    1568–1622

    1568

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Princess Anna of Sweden

    botanist

    1568–1625

    May 27 · 1568

    Source: Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

  12. Henry Wotton

    poet, politician

    1568–1639

    March 30 · 1568

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  13. Giuseppe Cesari

    architectural drafter, fresco painter

    1568–1640 · aged 72

    February 24 · 1568

    Source: RKDartists

  14. Gunilla Bielke

    consort

    1568–1597 · aged 29

    June 25 · 1568

    Source: FemBio database

  15. Sō Yoshitoshi

    samurai

    1568–1615 · aged 47

    January 11 · 1568

    No external source identified

  16. Johannes Thomæ Agrivillensis Bureus

    historian, mystic

    1568–1652

    1568

    Source: LIBRIS

  17. Honoré d'Urfé

    writer, poet

    1568–1625 · aged 57

    February 21 · 1568

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

  18. Sophie of Brandenburg

    politician

    1568–1622 · aged 54

    June 16 · 1568

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  19. Manuel, Prince Hereditary of Portugal

    1568–1638

    1568

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Michelangelo Buonarroti

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    November 14 · 1568

    No external source identified

  21. Juan Martínez Montañés

    architect, painter

    1568–1649 · aged 81

    March 26 · 1568

    No external source identified

  22. Adriano Banchieri

    composer, music theorist

    1568–1634

    September 13 · 1568

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  23. Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    June 28 · 1568

    No external source identified

  24. Joris van Spilbergen

    explorer

    1568–1620

    1568

    Source: SNAC

  25. Marin Getaldić

    mathematician, physicist

    1568–1626

    October 12 · 1568

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  26. Prince Gustav of Sweden

    aristocrat

    1568–1607 · aged 39

    January 28 · 1568

    No external source identified

  27. Bernardo de Balbuena

    cleric, writer

    1568–1627 · aged 58

    November 30 · 1568

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  28. Pierre Du Moulin

    theologian, parson

    Date disputed

    October 16 · 1568

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  29. Ventura Salimbeni

    painter, draftsperson

    1568–1613 · aged 45

    January 20 · 1568

    Source: Nationalmuseum

  30. Pieter Neefs the Elder

    draftsperson, painter

    Date disputed

    1568

    Source: kmska.be

  31. Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    aristocrat, bishop

    1568–1636 · aged 67

    November 28 · 1568

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Henri Spondanus

    Catholic bishop, bishop

    1568–1643 · aged 75

    January 16 · 1568

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Alessandro d'Este

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1568–1624 · aged 55

    May 15 · 1568

    No external source identified

  34. Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

    diplomat

    1568–1630 · aged 61

    May 11 · 1568

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  35. Nikolaus Ager

    naturalist, physician

    1568–1634 · aged 65

    December 21 · 1568

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  36. Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

    ruler

    1568–1587 · aged 19

    May 1 · 1568

    No external source identified

  37. Abd-al-Mumin ibn Abd-Al·lah

    sovereign

    1568–1598

    January 26 · 1568

    No external source identified

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