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Born in 1587

52 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Virginia Dare

    1587–date unavailable

    August 18 · 1587

    Source: Dare, Virginia (18 August 1587–?), the first child of English parents in the New W…

  2. Khusrau Mirza

    governor, Mansabdar

    1587–1622 · aged 34

    August 16 · 1587

    No external source identified

  3. Jan Pieterszoon Coen

    slave trader, governor-general

    1587–1629 · aged 42

    January 8 · 1587

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

    military personnel, politician

    1587–1645 · aged 58

    January 6 · 1587

    Source: Olivares, Conde-Duque de

  5. Clara Peeters*

    painter

    Date disputed

    1587

    Source: kmska.be

  6. Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset

    politician

    1587–1645

    1587

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  7. Joost van den Vondel

    playwright, translator

    1587–1679 · aged 91

    November 17 · 1587

    Source: Discogs

  8. Francesca Caccini

    poet, music teacher

    1587–1640

    September 18 · 1587

    Source: SNAC

  9. Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

    naval officer, politician

    1587–1658 · aged 70

    June 5 · 1587

    Source: SNAC

  10. Magdalene of Bavaria

    aristocrat

    1587–1628 · aged 41

    July 4 · 1587

    Source: The Peerage

  11. Virginia Centurione Bracelli

    nun, religious

    1587–1651 · aged 64

    April 2 · 1587

    Source: GCatholic.org

  12. Samuel Scheidt

    university teacher, organist

    1587–1654 · aged 66

    November 4 · 1587

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Xu Xiake*

    writer, explorer

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1587

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

    Catholic priest

    1587–1626 · aged 39

    April 26 · 1587

    Source: RKDartists

  15. Lady Mary Wroth*

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    October 18 · 1587

    No external source identified

  16. Louis De Geer

    diplomat, entrepreneur

    1587–1652 · aged 64

    November 17 · 1587

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Mohammad Baqer Mirza

    1587–1615 · aged 27

    September 15 · 1587

    No external source identified

  18. Song Yingxing

    writer

    1587–1666

    1587

    Source: LIBRIS

  19. Christian William of Brandenburg

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1587–1665 · aged 77

    August 28 · 1587

    Source: SNAC

  20. Stefano Landi*

    singer, organist

    Date disputed

    February 26 · 1587

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Herman Wrangel

    governor, politician

    1587–1643 · aged 56

    June 29 · 1587

    Source: Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau

  22. Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    1587–1609 · aged 22

    February 3 · 1587

    Source: Find a Grave

  23. Éléonore de Bourbon

    aristocrat

    1587–1619 · aged 31

    April 30 · 1587

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  24. Countess Juliane of Nassau-Siegen

    1587–1643 · aged 55

    September 3 · 1587

    Source: Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau

  25. Esaias van de Velde

    landscape painter, printmaker

    1587–1630 · aged 43

    May 17 · 1587

    No external source identified

  26. Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera

    Capitán General, governor

    1587–1660 · aged 73

    March 25 · 1587

    No external source identified

  27. Nathan Field

    actor, playwright

    1587–1620

    October 17 · 1587

    Source: SNAC

  28. Alexandre Iliaș

    ruler

    1587–1666

    1587

    No external source identified

  29. Annet de Clermont-Gessant

    warrior monk, hospitaller

    1587–1660

    1587

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  30. Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria

    governor, diplomat

    1587–1634 · aged 46

    December 30 · 1587

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  31. Johannes Fabricius

    astronomer

    1587–1616 · aged 29

    January 8 · 1587

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  32. Giulio Cesare Sacchetti

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1587–1663 · aged 75

    December 18 · 1587

    No external source identified

  33. Victor Amadeus I of Savoy

    politician, aristocrat

    1587–1637 · aged 50

    May 8 · 1587

    Source: RKDartists

  34. Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger

    architect, sculptor

    1587–1639 · aged 52

    June 24 · 1587

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  35. Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg

    religious

    1587–1645 · aged 57

    December 19 · 1587

    Source: The Peerage

  36. Yun Sŏndo

    politician, painter

    1587–1671 · aged 83

    July 27 · 1587

    No external source identified

  37. Joachim Jungius

    botanist, mathematician

    1587–1657 · aged 69

    October 22 · 1587

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  38. Antoine Boësset

    composer, choreographer

    1587–1643 · aged 56

    February 24 · 1587

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  39. Willem Bontekoe

    writer, explorer

    1587–1657

    June 2 · 1587

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. John Preston

    theologian, cleric

    1587–1628

    1587

    Source: LIBRIS

  41. John Frederick, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein

    1587–1644 · aged 57

    August 23 · 1587

    No external source identified

  42. Hendrick van Uylenburgh

    art collector, art dealer

    1587–1661

    1587

    Source: RKDartists

  43. Philippe-Charles, 3rd Count of Arenberg

    diplomat, military personnel

    1587–1640 · aged 52

    October 18 · 1587

    No external source identified

  44. Alexander Adriaenssen

    wallpaper painter, decorative painter

    1587–1661 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1587

    Source: museabrugge.be

  45. Guillaume Bouzignac

    composer

    1587–1643

    1587

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  46. Libert Froidmont

    university teacher, theologian

    1587–1653 · aged 66

    September 3 · 1587

    Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File

  47. Kaspar von Barth*

    translator, independent scholar

    Date disputed

    June 21 · 1587

    Source: SNAC

  48. Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth

    aristocrat

    1587–1635 · aged 48

    April 29 · 1587

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  49. Anders Arrebo

    poet, writer

    1587–1637 · aged 50

    January 2 · 1587

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  50. Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli

    jurist, nuncio

    1587–1651

    1587

    Source: SNAC

  51. Francesco Angeloni*

    writer, protonotary apostolic

    Date disputed

    1587

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  52. Simon VII, Count of Lippe

    aristocrat

    1587–1627 · aged 39

    December 30 · 1587

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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