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Born in 1581

28 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Vincent de Paul

    Catholic theologian, founder of Catholic religious community

    1581–1660 · aged 79

    May 4 · 1581

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  2. James Ussher

    archbishop, philosopher

    1581–1656 · aged 75

    January 14 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Domenichino

    architect, painter

    1581–1641

    October 31 · 1581

    No external source identified

  4. Thomas Overbury

    traveler, writer

    1581–1613 · aged 32

    June 18 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Edmund Gunter

    university teacher, mathematician

    1581–1626

    1581

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  6. Frans Francken the Younger

    painter

    1581–1642 · aged 61

    May 5 · 1581

    Source: museabrugge.be

  7. Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    March 26 · 1581

    No external source identified

  8. Hendrik Brouwer

    cartographer, politician

    1581–1634

    July 18 · 1581

    Source: Onsland.nl

  9. Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    ruler, politician

    1581–1655

    January 30 · 1581

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  10. Hedwig of Denmark

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    August 15 · 1581

    No external source identified

  11. Joannes de Laet

    naturalist, linguist

    1581–1649

    1581

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  12. Elizabeth Jane Weston

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    October 12 · 1581

    No external source identified

  13. Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

    1581–1651 · aged 69

    December 9 · 1581

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern

    aristocrat

    1581–1631 · aged 50

    January 6 · 1581

    Source: The Peerage

  15. Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria

    aristocrat

    1581–1597 · aged 16

    March 22 · 1581

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  16. Juan Bautista Maíno

    painter, religious

    1581–1649 · aged 67

    October 15 · 1581

    No external source identified

  17. Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac

    mathematician, translator

    1581–1638 · aged 56

    October 19 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg

    aristocrat

    1581–1658 · aged 76

    November 26 · 1581

    Source: The Peerage

  19. Hessel Gerritsz

    engraver, cartographer

    1581–1632

    1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Johannes Rudbeckius

    university teacher, Lutheran pastor

    1581–1646 · aged 65

    April 13 · 1581

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Jeremias Drexel

    theologian, writer

    1581–1638 · aged 56

    August 25 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Artus Wolffort

    artist, painter

    1581–1641

    1581

    Source: RKDartists

  23. Johann Staden

    composer, organist

    1581–1634 · aged 53

    July 2 · 1581

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  24. Ernst Magnus Dönhoff

    starosta, politician

    1581–1642 · aged 60

    December 20 · 1581

    No external source identified

  25. Isidoro Bianchi

    engineer, plasterer

    1581–1662

    July 20 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Pier Luigi Carafa

    Catholic priest

    1581–1655 · aged 73

    July 28 · 1581

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach

    astronomer, politician

    1581–1643 · aged 61

    December 26 · 1581

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  28. Louis-Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    1581–1646 · aged 65

    July 7 · 1581

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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