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Born in 1598

48 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Gian Lorenzo Bernini

    painter, sculptor

    1598–1680 · aged 81

    December 7 · 1598

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  2. Francisco de Zurbarán

    painter

    1598–1664 · aged 65

    November 7 · 1598

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  3. Jijabai

    1598–1674 · aged 76

    January 12 · 1598

    No external source identified

  4. Robert Blake*

    politician, military officer

    Date disputed

    1598

    No external source identified

  5. Maarten Tromp

    sailor, military personnel

    1598–1653 · aged 55

    April 23 · 1598

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  6. Jean Nicolet

    explorer

    1598–1642

    1598

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. Claude Mellan

    graphic artist, visual artist

    1598–1688 · aged 90

    May 23 · 1598

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  8. Bonaventura Cavalieri

    astronomer, mathematician

    1598–1647

    1598

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  9. Giovanni Battista Riccioli

    cartographer, writer

    1598–1671 · aged 73

    April 17 · 1598

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. François Mansart

    architect

    1598–1666 · aged 68

    January 23 · 1598

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Alessandro Algardi*

    architect, sculptor

    Date disputed

    July 31 · 1598

    Source: RKDartists

  12. Kirsten Munk

    1598–1658 · aged 59

    July 6 · 1598

    Source: The Peerage

  13. Eleonora Gonzaga

    queen regnant

    1598–1655 · aged 56

    September 23 · 1598

    Source: Find a Grave

  14. Jean-Armand du Peyrer

    military officer, soldier

    1598–1677

    1598

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Guðríður Símonardóttir

    1598–1682

    1598

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  16. Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

    1598–1654 · aged 56

    September 3 · 1598

    No external source identified

  17. Pieter Nuyts

    explorer

    1598–1655

    1598

    Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

  18. John Atherton

    Anglican priest

    1598–1640

    1598

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  19. William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

    military personnel

    1598–1662 · aged 64

    April 11 · 1598

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Chen Hongshou

    monk, writer

    1598–1652

    1598

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  21. Gilbert Sheldon

    bishop, archbishop

    1598–1677 · aged 79

    June 19 · 1598

    Source: SNAC

  22. Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton*

    military officer, politician

    Date disputed

    1598

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  23. Johann Crüger

    music theorist, musicologist

    1598–1662 · aged 63

    April 9 · 1598

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  24. Baldassarre Longhena*

    sculptor, architect

    Date disputed

    1598

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  25. Luis Méndez de Haro

    military personnel, diplomat

    1598–1661 · aged 63

    February 17 · 1598

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Mohsen Fayz Kashani*

    mystic, philosopher

    Date disputed

    September 15 · 1598

    No external source identified

  27. Antônio Raposo Tavares

    bandeirante, slave trader

    1598–1658

    1598

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  28. Anna Sophia of Brandenburg

    aristocrat

    1598–1659

    March 18 · 1598

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  29. Georg Stiernhielm

    mathematician, archaeologist

    1598–1672 · aged 73

    August 7 · 1598

    Source: GeneaStar

  30. Álvaro III of Kongo

    sovereign, traditional leader or chief

    1598–1622

    1598

    No external source identified

  31. Michael van Langren

    draftsperson, engraver

    1598–1675

    1598

    Source: Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers

  32. Daniele Crespi

    painter

    1598–1630

    1598

    Source: Crespi, Daniele

  33. Bartholomeus Breenbergh*

    painter, printmaker

    Date disputed

    1598

    Source: RKDartists

  34. Giordano Ansaloni

    missionary

    1598–1634 · aged 36

    November 1 · 1598

    Source: GCatholic.org

  35. Caesar, duc de Choiseul

    diplomat, military leader

    1598–1675 · aged 77

    February 12 · 1598

    Source: GeneaStar

  36. Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy

    politician, military officer

    1598–1685 · aged 87

    October 14 · 1598

    Source: GeneaStar

  37. Giovanni Francesco Busenello

    poet, jurist

    1598–1659 · aged 61

    September 24 · 1598

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  38. Redemptus of the Cross

    diplomat

    1598–1638 · aged 40

    March 15 · 1598

    No external source identified

  39. Henricus Regius

    philosopher, physician

    1598–1679 · aged 80

    July 29 · 1598

    Source: Base biographique

  40. Abraham de Wicquefort*

    diplomat, historian

    Date disputed

    1598

    Source: NUKAT

  41. Yoshida Mitsuyoshi

    mathematician

    1598–1672

    1598

    Source: Open Library

  42. Ernst Adalbert von Harrach*

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    November 4 · 1598

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  43. Jean Lemaire*

    artist, painter

    Date disputed

    1598

    Source: KulturNav

  44. Mikołaj Korsak

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1598–1640

    1598

    No external source identified

  45. Guillaume Colletet

    playwright, poet

    1598–1659 · aged 60

    March 12 · 1598

    Source: SNAC

  46. Wang Jian

    poet, painter

    1598–1677

    1598

    Source: Artnet

  47. Johannes Loccenius

    historian, librarian

    1598–1677

    March 13 · 1598

    Source: SNAC

  48. Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    1598–1670 · aged 71

    June 28 · 1598

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

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