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Born in 1572

34 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Johannes Kepler

    astronomer, musicologist

    1572–1630 · aged 58

    January 6 · 1572

    Source: BnF authorities

  2. Ben Jonson

    librettist, poet

    1572–1637 · aged 65

    June 21 · 1572

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  3. Go-Yōzei

    sovereign, politician

    1572–1617

    January 10 · 1572

    No external source identified

  4. Jane Frances de Chantal

    nun, mystic

    1572–1641 · aged 69

    February 7 · 1572

    No external source identified

  5. John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

    regent

    1572–1619 · aged 47

    November 8 · 1572

    Source: The Peerage

  6. Prince Daniyal

    governor

    1572–1605 · aged 32

    September 11 · 1572

    No external source identified

  7. Sigismund Báthory

    aristocrat, politician

    1572–1613 · aged 40

    March 30 · 1572

    No external source identified

  8. Hugh Roe O'Donnell

    military personnel

    1572–1602 · aged 29

    October 30 · 1572

    No external source identified

  9. Cyril Lucaris

    Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch

    1572–1638 · aged 65

    November 23 · 1572

    No external source identified

  10. Susenyos

    monk

    1572–1632

    1572

    No external source identified

  11. Princess Marie Élisabeth of France

    1572–1578 · aged 5

    November 6 · 1572

    No external source identified

  12. Fakhr-al-Din II

    1572–1635 · aged 62

    August 16 · 1572

    No external source identified

  13. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

    composer

    1572–1632 · aged 59

    June 4 · 1572

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Johann Bayer

    astronomer, cartographer

    1572–1625

    1572

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  15. Henri of Savoy, Duke of Nemours

    aristocrat, military personnel

    1572–1632 · aged 59

    November 12 · 1572

    Source: gallica.bnf.fr

  16. Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano

    aristocrat

    1572–1615

    1572

    No external source identified

  17. Thomas Tomkins

    organist, composer

    1572–1656

    1572

    Source: SNAC

  18. William Strachey

    writer, historian

    1572–1621

    April 4 · 1572

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  19. Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon

    politician, governor

    1572–1638 · aged 66

    February 29 · 1572

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Edward Topsell

    parson, naturalist

    1572–1625

    1572

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Nef'i

    poet, writer

    1572–1635

    1572

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  22. Vilem Slavata of Chlum

    civil servant, politician

    1572–1652 · aged 79

    December 11 · 1572

    Source: MAK

  23. Daniel Sennert

    personal physician, chemist

    1572–1637 · aged 64

    December 5 · 1572

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Ellen Marsvin

    1572–1649 · aged 77

    February 1 · 1572

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  25. Famiano Strada

    Catholic priest, Catholic theologian

    1572–1649

    1572

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  26. Rudolph Goclenius the Younger

    university teacher, astronomer

    1572–1621 · aged 48

    September 1 · 1572

    Source: SNAC

  27. Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini

    sculptor, painter

    Date disputed

    1572

    Source: Artists of the World

  28. Johannes Vodnianus Campanus

    pedagogue, writer

    Date disputed

    December 27 · 1572

    Source: Česká divadelní encyklopedie

  29. Francis II, Duke of Lorraine

    feudatory

    1572–1632 · aged 60

    March 8 · 1572

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  30. Francis van Aarssens

    aristocrat, landlord

    1572–1641 · aged 69

    September 27 · 1572

    Source: IdRef

  31. Johan Sems

    architect, civil engineer

    1572–1635

    1572

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Odon Van Maelcote

    Catholic theologian, astronomer

    1572–1615 · aged 42

    August 7 · 1572

    No external source identified

  33. Otto III

    aristocrat

    1572–1641 · aged 68

    March 20 · 1572

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera

    1572–1635 · aged 63

    June 10 · 1572

    Source: Genealogics

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