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Born in 1605

60 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Philip IV of Spain

    monarch, art collector

    1605–1665 · aged 60

    April 8 · 1605

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  2. Thomas Browne

    philosopher, physician

    1605–1682 · aged 77

    October 19 · 1605

    Source: Base biographique

  3. Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

    lawyer, politician

    1605–1675 · aged 70

    August 8 · 1605

    Source: SNAC

  4. Tianqi Emperor

    monarch

    1605–1627 · aged 21

    December 23 · 1605

    No external source identified

  5. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

    explorer, merchant

    1605–1689

    1605

    Source: Base biographique

  6. Patriarch Nikon of Moscow

    priest, patriarch

    1605–1681 · aged 76

    May 17 · 1605

    No external source identified

  7. Shahryar

    1605–1628 · aged 23

    January 16 · 1605

    No external source identified

  8. Şehzade Mehmed

    1605–1621 · aged 15

    March 11 · 1605

    No external source identified

  9. Ayşe Sultan

    1605–1657

    1605

    No external source identified

  10. Adriaen Brouwer

    painter, graphic artist

    Date disputed

    1605

    Source: AGORHA

  11. Semyon Dezhnyov

    discoverer, seafarer

    1605–1673

    March 7 · 1605

    Source: Q22946488

  12. Ladli Begum

    Born 1605

    1605

    No external source identified

  13. Giacomo Carissimi

    composer

    1605–1674 · aged 68

    April 18 · 1605

    Source: SNAC

  14. Zhu Yuyue, Prince of Tang

    1605–1647

    1605

    No external source identified

  15. Joos van Craesbeeck

    painter

    1605–1660

    1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  16. Hans Christoff von Königsmarck

    military officer

    Date disputed

    December 12 · 1605

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  17. Peder Winstrup

    Protestant theologian, court chaplain

    1605–1679 · aged 74

    April 30 · 1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Frans Banning Cocq

    politician, mayor

    1605–1655 · aged 49

    February 23 · 1605

    No external source identified

  19. Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

    aristocrat

    1605–1623 · aged 18

    May 16 · 1605

    No external source identified

  20. William Dugdale

    writer, historian

    1605–1686 · aged 80

    September 12 · 1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  21. Bernard of Corleone

    Catholic priest

    1605–1667 · aged 61

    February 6 · 1605

    Source: GCatholic.org

  22. Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

    translator, writer

    Date disputed

    February 1 · 1605

    Source: SNAC

  23. Ismaël Bullialdus

    mathematician, librarian

    Date disputed

    September 28 · 1605

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  24. Simon Dach

    writer, university teacher

    1605–1659 · aged 53

    July 29 · 1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

    librarian, aristocrat

    1605–1627 · aged 21

    October 15 · 1605

    Source: The Peerage

  26. Ajige

    military leader

    1605–1651 · aged 46

    August 28 · 1605

    No external source identified

  27. Antonio Bertali

    composer

    1605–1669

    1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Brynjólfur Sveinsson

    bishop, writer

    1605–1675 · aged 69

    September 14 · 1605

    No external source identified

  29. Johann Philipp von Schönborn

    politician, Catholic priest

    1605–1673 · aged 67

    August 6 · 1605

    Source: SNAC

  30. Pierre Patel

    painter

    Date disputed

    1605

    Source: Catalogue of the Nationalmuseum

  31. Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

    playwright, poet

    1605–1677 · aged 72

    October 16 · 1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin

    politician, merchant

    1605–1680

    1605

    Source: MAK

  33. Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne

    military personnel, military officer

    1605–1652 · aged 46

    October 22 · 1605

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Orazio Benevoli

    choir director, composer

    1605–1672 · aged 67

    April 19 · 1605

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  35. Dirck van Delen

    painter

    1605–1671

    1605

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  36. Thomas Randolph

    poet, playwright

    1605–1635

    June 15 · 1605

    No external source identified

  37. Ferenc Wesselényi

    politician, military personnel

    1605–1667

    1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Patriarch Joseph

    patriarch

    1605–1652

    1605

    No external source identified

  39. Francesco Maffei

    painter

    1605–1660

    1605

    Source: ArtCyclopedia

  40. Pietro Liberi

    painter

    1605–1687

    1605

    Source: Art UK

  41. Lodewijk de Vadder

    etcher, printmaker

    1605–1655

    1605

    Source: RKDartists

  42. Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein

    chamberlain, military officer

    1605–1676 · aged 71

    June 6 · 1605

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Andrea Bolgi

    sculptor

    1605–1656

    June 21 · 1605

    Source: Bolgi, Andrea

  44. Philip Maurice, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

    aristocrat

    1605–1638 · aged 32

    August 25 · 1605

    No external source identified

  45. Francesco Sacrati

    composer

    1605–1650 · aged 44

    September 17 · 1605

    No external source identified

  46. Nishiyama Sōin

    poet, writer

    1605–1682 · aged 77

    March 28 · 1605

    No external source identified

  47. Antoine Godeau

    poet, church historian

    1605–1672 · aged 66

    September 24 · 1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Martin van den Hove

    astronomer, mathematician

    1605–1639

    1605

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  49. Peter Danckerts de Rij

    architect, painter

    1605–1661

    1605

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  50. Michele Mazzarino

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1605–1648 · aged 42

    September 1 · 1605

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  51. Johann Vierdanck

    musician, organist

    1605–1646

    1605

    Source: Muziekweb

  52. Jean de Cambefort

    composer

    1605–1661

    1605

    Source: BnF authorities

  53. Pierre du Ryer

    translator, historian

    1605–1658

    1605

    Source: general catalog of BnF

  54. Daniel Czepko von Reigersfeld

    poet lawyer, mystic

    1605–1660 · aged 54

    September 23 · 1605

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  55. Bonifazio Graziani

    composer

    1605–1664

    1605

    Source: KANTO

  56. Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria

    military personnel

    Date disputed

    1605

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  57. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

    1605–1661 · aged 56

    March 17 · 1605

    Source: The Peerage

  58. Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    chamberlain

    1605–1681

    1605

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. Ulrich II, Count of East Frisia

    aristocrat

    1605–1648 · aged 43

    July 6 · 1605

    Source: The Peerage

  60. Lars Wivallius

    military auditor, poet

    1605–1669

    1605

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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