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Born in 1602

50 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Cardinal Mazarin

    Catholic priest, jurist

    1602–1661 · aged 58

    July 14 · 1602

    Source: Base biographique

  2. Athanasius Kircher

    astronomer, mathematician

    Date disputed

    May 2 · 1602

    Source: BeWeB

  3. Elisabeth of France

    politician

    1602–1644 · aged 41

    November 22 · 1602

    Source: SNAC

  4. Philippe de Champaigne

    architectural drafter, painter

    1602–1674 · aged 72

    May 26 · 1602

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  5. Otto von Guericke

    politician, inventor

    1602–1686 · aged 83

    November 30 · 1602

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Mary of Jesus of Ágreda

    writer, religious sister

    1602–1665 · aged 63

    April 2 · 1602

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  7. John Bradshaw

    writer, judge

    1602–1659 · aged 57

    July 15 · 1602

    Source: BnF authorities

  8. Giuseppe Chiara

    korobi Kirishitan, missionary

    1602–1685

    1602

    No external source identified

  9. Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

    soldier, military personnel

    1602–1671

    1602

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  10. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels

    art collector, patron of the arts

    1602–1675 · aged 73

    August 31 · 1602

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Francesco Cavalli

    composer, opera composer

    1602–1676 · aged 73

    February 14 · 1602

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Zhu Yujian

    1602–1646 · aged 44

    May 25 · 1602

    No external source identified

  13. Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland

    politician

    1602–1668 · aged 66

    September 29 · 1602

    Source: Genealogics

  14. William Lilly

    astrologer, writer

    1602–1681 · aged 79

    May 11 · 1602

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Catherine of Brandenburg

    politician

    1602–1644 · aged 42

    May 28 · 1602

    Source: Neue Deutsche Biographie

  16. Per Brahe the Younger

    governor-general, military leader

    1602–1680 · aged 78

    February 18 · 1602

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  17. Abraham Bosse

    etcher, painter

    Date disputed

    1602

    Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France

  18. Kanō Tan'yū

    painter, artist

    1602–1674 · aged 72

    March 4 · 1602

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  19. William Lawes

    composer, musician

    1602–1645 · aged 43

    May 1 · 1602

    Source: Musicalics

  20. John Lightfoot

    theologian

    1602–1675 · aged 73

    March 29 · 1602

    Source: MAK

  21. Tokugawa Yorinobu

    samurai

    1602–1671 · aged 68

    April 28 · 1602

    No external source identified

  22. Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

    aristocrat, ruler

    1602–1651 · aged 49

    January 29 · 1602

    Source: SNAC

  23. Franciscus van den Enden

    philosopher, writer

    1602–1674 · aged 72

    February 5 · 1602

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Gilles de Roberval

    mathematician, professor

    1602–1675 · aged 73

    August 9 · 1602

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  25. John Greaves

    historian, archaeologist

    1602–1652

    1602

    Source: Trove

  26. Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau

    aristocrat

    1602–1664 · aged 62

    February 6 · 1602

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Dario Castello

    composer

    1602–1631 · aged 28

    October 19 · 1602

    No external source identified

  28. Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    composer, nun

    1602–date unavailable

    November 27 · 1602

    Source: Musicalics

  29. Justus van Egmont

    carpets designer, painter

    1602–1674

    1602

    Source: RKDartists

  30. Jacques Champion de Chambonnières

    harpsichordist, composer

    1602–1672

    1602

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Michelangelo Cerquozzi

    painter, artist

    Date disputed

    February 12 · 1602

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  32. Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

    aristocrat

    1602–1682 · aged 79

    May 12 · 1602

    No external source identified

  33. Zsuzsanna Lorántffy

    land owner, aristocrat

    1602–1660

    1602

    Source: MAK

  34. Bahadır I Giray

    poet

    1602–1641

    1602

    No external source identified

  35. Agnes of Jesus

    nun

    1602–1634 · aged 31

    November 17 · 1602

    Source: AlKindi

  36. Anthonie Palamedesz.

    painter, portraitist

    Date disputed

    1602

    Source: RKDartists

  37. Marco Marazzoli

    singer, harpist

    1602–1662

    1602

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  38. Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo

    religious, nun

    1602–1686 · aged 83

    July 26 · 1602

    Source: GCatholic.org

  39. Juan Perez de Montalban

    playwright, poet

    1602–1638

    1602

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  40. Marco Boschini

    painter, copper engraver

    Date disputed

    1602

    Source: regione.veneto.it

  41. Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant

    soldier, general field marshal

    1602–1643

    1602

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  42. Jacques de Billy

    mathematician, astronomer

    1602–1679 · aged 76

    March 18 · 1602

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  43. Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia

    aristocrat

    1602–1628 · aged 25

    June 25 · 1602

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Evert van Aelst

    artist, botanical illustrator

    1602–1657

    1602

    Source: Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive

  45. Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern

    aristocrat

    1602–1655

    November 23 · 1602

    Source: The Peerage

  46. Marco Scacchi

    composer, musicologist

    1602–1662

    1602

    Source: MAK

  47. Pedro Fajardo, 5th Marquis of Los Vélez

    military personnel, viceroy

    1602–1647

    1602

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  48. Ana Francisca Abarca de Bolea

    abbess, nun

    1602–1690

    April 19 · 1602

    No external source identified

  49. Jerôme Duquesnoy the Younger

    visual artist, sculptor

    1602–1654 · aged 52

    May 8 · 1602

    No external source identified

  50. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

    politician

    Date disputed

    February 13 · 1602

    No external source identified

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