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Born in 1584

58 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Miyamoto Musashi

    painter, military personnel

    1584–1645

    1584

    Source: WorldCat

  2. Sasaki Kojirō

    samurai

    1584–1612

    1584

    No external source identified

  3. Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain

    politician

    1584–1611

    December 25 · 1584

    Source: Find a Grave

  4. Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau

    politician, art collector

    1584–1647 · aged 63

    January 29 · 1584

    Source: SNAC

  5. Myles Standish

    military personnel

    1584–1656

    1584

    Source: SNAC

  6. Francisco Quevedo

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    September 24 · 1584

    Source: cultura.elpais.com

  7. Yuan Chonghuan

    politician, military personnel

    1584–1630 · aged 46

    June 6 · 1584

    No external source identified

  8. John Pym

    politician

    1584–1643

    1584

    Source: SNAC

  9. William Baffin

    explorer, cartographer

    1584–1622

    1584

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  10. John Selden

    writer, jurist

    1584–1654 · aged 69

    December 16 · 1584

    Source: SNAC

  11. Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

    writer, politician

    1584–1650 · aged 65

    October 10 · 1584

    No external source identified

  12. Francis Beaumont

    playwright, poet

    1584–1616

    1584

    Source: CONOR.SR

  13. Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg

    politician

    1584–1638 · aged 54

    November 10 · 1584

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  14. Aram Banu Begum

    aristocrat

    1584–1624 · aged 39

    December 22 · 1584

    Source: cbw.iath.virginia.edu

  15. Mary Frith

    businessperson

    1584–1659

    1584

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  16. Pierre Vernier

    scientific instrument maker, mathematician

    Date disputed

    August 19 · 1584

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

  17. Matthias Gallas

    military officer

    Date disputed

    September 16 · 1584

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. Julius d’Austria

    1584–1609

    1584

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  19. Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron

    politician, military officer

    1584–1648 · aged 63

    March 29 · 1584

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  20. Mehmed III Giray

    sovereign

    1584–1629

    1584

    No external source identified

  21. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

    count palatine

    1584–1635 · aged 51

    March 26 · 1584

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Cornelis de Vos

    draftsperson, painter

    Date disputed

    1584

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  23. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    aristocrat

    1584–1663 · aged 79

    March 15 · 1584

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  24. Hidari Jingorō

    architect, sculptor

    1584–1645

    1584

    No external source identified

  25. Archduchess Maria of Austria

    nun

    1584–1649 · aged 64

    June 16 · 1584

    No external source identified

  26. Thomas van Erpe

    writer, printer

    Date disputed

    September 11 · 1584

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Gazi Hüsrev Paşa

    politician

    1584–1632

    1584

    No external source identified

  28. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg

    regent

    1584–1636 · aged 51

    November 16 · 1584

    No external source identified

  29. Grégoire de Saint-Vincent

    professor, Catholic priest

    1584–1667 · aged 82

    September 8 · 1584

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  30. Gaspar de Crayer

    painter

    1584–1669 · aged 84

    November 18 · 1584

    Source: RKDartists

  31. Caspar Barlaeus

    philosopher, poet

    1584–1648 · aged 63

    February 12 · 1584

    Source: Leidse Hoogleraren

  32. David Bailly

    draftsperson, portraitist

    1584–1657

    1584

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. Philip Julius of Pomerania

    aristocrat

    1584–1625 · aged 40

    December 27 · 1584

    No external source identified

  34. Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria

    aristocrat, duke

    1584–1666 · aged 82

    February 26 · 1584

    No external source identified

  35. Agnes of Brandenburg

    aristocrat

    1584–1629 · aged 44

    July 17 · 1584

    No external source identified

  36. Diego de Saavedra Fajardo

    playwright, diplomat

    1584–1648 · aged 64

    May 6 · 1584

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  37. Francisco Correa de Araujo

    organist, musician

    1584–1654 · aged 70

    September 16 · 1584

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  38. Melchior Grodziecki

    Catholic priest, pedagogue

    1584–1619

    1584

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  39. Sibylle Elisabeth of Württemberg

    1584–1606 · aged 21

    April 10 · 1584

    Source: The Peerage

  40. Jean-Pierre Camus

    Catholic priest, writer

    1584–1652 · aged 67

    November 3 · 1584

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  41. Philip Ernest of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

    colonel, aristocrat

    1584–1628 · aged 43

    August 11 · 1584

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Maximilian von und zu Trauttmansdorff

    diplomat

    1584–1650 · aged 66

    May 23 · 1584

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  43. Jean-François de Gondi

    bishop, Catholic priest

    1584–1654

    1584

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Giovanni Battista Ferrari

    Catholic priest, writer

    1584–1655 · aged 70

    May 1 · 1584

    Source: MAK

  45. André Duchesne

    historian, genealogist

    1584–1640

    1584

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Francesco Maria Richini

    architect, sculptor

    Date disputed

    February 13 · 1584

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  47. Chiara Varotari

    painter, portraitist

    1584–1660

    1584

    Source: Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive

  48. Georg Rudolf Weckherlin

    poet lawyer, poet

    1584–1653

    September 15 · 1584

    Source: SNAC

  49. Zofia Czeska

    Christian nun, nun

    1584–1650

    1584

    Source: MAK

  50. Mathieu Molé

    politician, speaker

    1584–1656 · aged 71

    December 14 · 1584

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. Michael Altenburg

    composer

    Date disputed

    May 25 · 1584

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  52. Antonio Cifra

    composer

    1584–1629

    1584

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  53. Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo

    painter

    1584–1638 · aged 53

    August 24 · 1584

    No external source identified

  54. Anna Ovena Hoyer

    writer, poet

    1584–1655

    1584

    Source: Open Library

  55. Cosimo de Torres

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1584–1642

    1584

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  56. Lorenzo Magalotti

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1584–1637 · aged 53

    January 1 · 1584

    No external source identified

  57. Giulio Roma

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1584–1652 · aged 68

    September 16 · 1584

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  58. Stanisław Kiszka

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    1584

    Source: NUKAT

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