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Born in 1579

30 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Martin de Porres
nurse, lay brother
1579–1639 · aged 59
December 19 · 1579
Source: Integrated Authority File
Tokugawa Hidetada
politician, shogun
1579–1632 · aged 52
May 12 · 1579
No external source identified
John Fletcher*
writer, poet
Date disputed
December 30 · 1579
Source: Olomouc City Library regional database
Frans Snyders
painter, architectural drafter
1579–1657 · aged 77
November 11 · 1579
Source: RKDartists
Saint Germaine
catechist
1579–1601
1579
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Henri II de Rohan
military personnel, writer
1579–1638 · aged 58
August 31 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities
Jens Munk
traveler, seafarer
1579–1628 · aged 49
June 13 · 1579
No external source identified
Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller
Dayan, rabbi
1579–1654
1579
Source: Die mährischen Landesrabbiner
Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox
religious person
1579–1624
1579
Source: Kindred Britain
Chimalpahin
historian, chronicler
1579–1660
June 6 · 1579
Source: opac.vatlib.it
Carlo Saraceni*
painter
Date disputed
1579
Source: Art UK
François de Bassompierre
military personnel, diplomat
1579–1646 · aged 67
April 22 · 1579
No external source identified
Mōri Hidemoto
samurai
1579–1650 · aged 70
December 5 · 1579
No external source identified
Trophime Bigot
painter
1579–1650 · aged 70
June 18 · 1579
Source: National Gallery of Canada
Suzuki Shōsan
Buddhist monk, samurai
1579–1655 · aged 76
February 15 · 1579
Source: IdRef
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau
abbess
1579–1640 · aged 60
August 18 · 1579
Source: Genealogics
Janusz Radziwiłł*
military personnel
Date disputed
July 12 · 1579
No external source identified
Luis Vélez de Guevara
soldier, playwright
1579–1644 · aged 65
August 11 · 1579
No external source identified
Johannes Meursius
antiquarian seller, historian
1579–1639 · aged 60
February 19 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities
Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
ruler, margrave
1579–1649 · aged 70
February 2 · 1579
No external source identified
Thomas Dempster
etruscologist, writer
1579–1625 · aged 46
September 2 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities
Johannes Messenius
historian, playwright
1579–1636 · aged 57
July 1 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities
Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
bishop, Catholic priest
1579–1653 · aged 73
November 26 · 1579
No external source identified
Konstantinas Sirvydas
lexicographer, linguist
1579–1631
1579
Source: Open Library
Horacio Carochi*
missionary, linguist
Date disputed
1579
Source: Czech National Authority Database
John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp
archbishop
1579–1634 · aged 54
September 11 · 1579
No external source identified
Samuel Coster
writer, poet
1579–1665
September 16 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
cryptographer, librarian
1579–1666 · aged 87
April 20 · 1579
Source: Integrated Authority File
Gherardo Silvani
sculptor, architect
1579–1675 · aged 95
December 24 · 1579
Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus
Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
translator, writer
1579–1650 · aged 70
June 27 · 1579
Source: BnF authorities

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