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Born in 1591

39 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Mustafa I

    sultan, ruler

    1591–1639 · aged 47

    June 24 · 1591

    No external source identified

  2. Anne Hutchinson

    writer, preacher

    1591–1643

    1591

    No external source identified

  3. Jusepe de Ribera

    painter, visual artist

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1591

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  4. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

    politician, military officer

    1591–1646 · aged 55

    January 11 · 1591

    Source: SNAC

  5. Guercino

    painter, draftsperson

    1591–1666 · aged 75

    February 8 · 1591

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  6. Robert Herrick

    poet, writer

    1591–1674 · aged 83

    August 24 · 1591

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  7. Louise Marillac

    nurse, nun

    1591–1660 · aged 68

    August 12 · 1591

    Source: GeneaStar

  8. Alexandre de Rhodes

    missionary, linguist

    Date disputed

    March 15 · 1591

    Source: BnF authorities

  9. Andrzej Bobola

    religious, Catholic priest

    1591–1657 · aged 65

    November 30 · 1591

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  10. William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

    politician

    1591–1628

    1591

    No external source identified

  11. Mir Jumla II

    1591–1663

    1591

    No external source identified

  12. Isabella of Savoy, Hereditary Princess of Modena

    politician

    Date disputed

    March 2 · 1591

    No external source identified

  13. Isabella Brant

    art model

    1591–1626

    1591

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  14. Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine

    aristocrat

    1591–1632

    October 2 · 1591

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  15. Gérard Desargues

    mathematician, military personnel

    1591–1661 · aged 70

    February 21 · 1591

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Olimpia Maidalchini

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    May 26 · 1591

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Friedrich Spee

    poet, composer

    1591–1635

    February 25 · 1591

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. Valentin de Boulogne

    painter

    1591–1632 · aged 41

    January 3 · 1591

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  19. Johann von Werth

    mercenary

    1591–1652

    1591

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  20. Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena

    art collector, aristocrat

    1591–1644 · aged 52

    October 22 · 1591

    Source: Genealogics

  21. Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    April 15 · 1591

    No external source identified

  22. Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

    music theorist, philosopher

    1591–1655 · aged 64

    June 16 · 1591

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  23. Michael de Sanctis

    Catholic priest, regular priest

    1591–1625 · aged 33

    September 29 · 1591

    Source: GCatholic.org

  24. Dirck Hals

    painter

    1591–1656 · aged 65

    March 19 · 1591

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  25. Gerard Seghers

    painter, visual artist

    1591–1651 · aged 60

    March 17 · 1591

    Source: SNAC

  26. John Christian of Brieg

    military personnel

    1591–1639 · aged 48

    August 28 · 1591

    Source: The Peerage

  27. George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

    count palatine

    1591–1669 · aged 78

    August 6 · 1591

    Source: The Peerage

  28. Franciscus Junius

    art historian, philologist

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1591

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Paul Le Jeune

    missionary

    1591–1664 · aged 73

    June 15 · 1591

    Source: SNAC

  30. Bartlomiej Strobel

    painter

    1591–1647

    1591

    Source: ipsb.nina.gov.pl

  31. Marie Angélique Arnauld

    religious sister, abbess

    1591–1661 · aged 69

    September 8 · 1591

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Joasaphus II

    patriarch

    1591–1672

    1591

    No external source identified

  33. Settimia Caccini

    musician, opera singer

    1591–1638

    October 6 · 1591

    Source: Find a Grave

  34. Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

    printmaker, painter

    1591–1624

    1591

    Source: RKDartists

  35. Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

    abbess

    1591–1617 · aged 26

    January 7 · 1591

    Source: Genealogics

  36. Cosimo Fanzago

    architect, sculptor

    1591–1678 · aged 86

    October 12 · 1591

    Source: Enciclopedia di Roma

  37. Frederick Achilles, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

    aristocrat

    1591–1630

    May 5 · 1591

    Source: The Peerage

  38. Jean Morin

    theologian

    1591–1659

    1591

    Source: MAK

  39. Joseph Furttenbach

    diarist, military engineer

    1591–1667 · aged 75

    December 30 · 1591

    Source: European Theatre Architecture DB

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