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Born in 1578

32 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Philip III of Spain

    ruler

    1578–1621 · aged 42

    April 24 · 1578

    Source: RKDartists

  2. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

    aristocrat

    1578–1637 · aged 58

    July 9 · 1578

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  3. William Harvey

    surgeon, physiologist

    1578–1657 · aged 79

    April 11 · 1578

    Source: Munk's Roll

  4. François Ravaillac

    domestic worker, teacher

    1578–1610

    1578

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Köprülü Mehmed Paşa

    writer, politician

    Date disputed

    1578

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg

    art collector

    1578–1653 · aged 74

    November 4 · 1578

    Source: RKDartists

  7. Adam Elsheimer

    designer, visual artist

    1578–1610 · aged 32

    March 28 · 1578

    Source: RKDartists

  8. Francesco Albani

    draftsperson, painter

    Date disputed

    March 17 · 1578

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  9. Anaukpetlun

    monarch

    1578–1628 · aged 50

    January 31 · 1578

    No external source identified

  10. Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari

    poet, writer

    1578–1632

    1578

    Source: SNAC

  11. Ottavio Leoni

    medalist, draftsperson

    1578–1630

    1578

    Source: collections.artsmia.org

  12. Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

    politician

    1578–1648 · aged 69

    August 10 · 1578

    No external source identified

  13. Claude of Lorraine, duke of Chevreuse

    courtier

    1578–1657 · aged 78

    June 15 · 1578

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  14. John Taylor

    writer, poet

    1578–1653

    September 3 · 1578

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  15. Charles d'Albert de Luynes

    statesperson

    1578–1621 · aged 43

    August 5 · 1578

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  16. George Sandys

    travel writer, translator

    1578–1644

    March 2 · 1578

    Source: SNAC

  17. Battistello Caracciolo

    painter

    Date disputed

    1578

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  18. William Keeling

    explorer, naval officer

    1578–1620

    1578

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  19. Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    chamberlain

    1578–1638 · aged 59

    August 17 · 1578

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Jorge Manuel Theocupulus

    painter, architect

    1578–1631

    1578

    Source: Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary

  21. Adriaan van den Spiegel

    physician, surgeon

    1578–1625

    1578

    Source: MAK

  22. Agnes of Solms-Laubach

    1578–1602 · aged 24

    January 7 · 1578

    No external source identified

  23. Bartolomeo Schedoni

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1578

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  24. Maximilian of Liechtenstein

    military personnel

    1578–1643

    November 6 · 1578

    Source: historisches-lexikon.li

  25. Agostino Agazzari

    organist, musicologist

    1578–1640 · aged 61

    December 12 · 1578

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  26. Vincenzo Maculani

    Catholic priest, architect

    1578–1667

    September 21 · 1578

    No external source identified

  27. Matteo Rosselli

    painter

    1578–1650 · aged 71

    August 8 · 1578

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  28. Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar

    scientist

    1578–1630 · aged 52

    February 19 · 1578

    No external source identified

  29. Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne

    military officer, aristocrat

    1578–1621 · aged 42

    December 30 · 1578

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Jacob Bidermann

    university teacher, Catholic theologian

    1578–1639

    1578

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  31. Melchior Goldast

    historian, chancellor

    1578–1635 · aged 57

    January 16 · 1578

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

    1578–1642 · aged 64

    May 21 · 1578

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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