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Born in 1606

50 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Rembrandt

    painter, visual artist

    1606–1669 · aged 63

    July 15 · 1606

    Source: RKDartists

  2. Maria Anna of Spain

    queen regnant

    1606–1646 · aged 39

    August 18 · 1606

    Source: Find a Grave

  3. Li Zicheng

    politician, rebel leader

    1606–1645

    September 22 · 1606

    No external source identified

  4. Pierre Corneille

    translator, jurist

    1606–1684 · aged 78

    June 6 · 1606

    Source: SNAC

  5. Zhang Xianzhong

    military leader

    1606–1647 · aged 40

    September 18 · 1606

    No external source identified

  6. Christine of France

    politician

    1606–1663 · aged 57

    February 10 · 1606

    Source: Genealogics

  7. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

    art collector, politician

    1606–1649 · aged 42

    June 19 · 1606

    Source: SNAC

  8. Tokugawa Tadanaga

    politician

    1606–1634

    1606

    No external source identified

  9. Fatma Sultan*

    politician

    Date disputed

    1606

    No external source identified

  10. Jan Davidsz. de Heem

    painter, botanical illustrator

    1606–1684 · aged 78

    April 17 · 1606

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  11. Jeanne Mance

    nurse

    1606–1673 · aged 66

    November 12 · 1606

    Source: GeneaStar

  12. Marie de Bourbon*

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    March 3 · 1606

    Source: SUDOC

  13. Leonard Calvert

    politician

    1606–1647

    1606

    Source: British National Bibliography

  14. Edmund Waller

    poet, writer

    1606–1687 · aged 81

    March 3 · 1606

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  15. Joachim von Sandrart the Elder*

    art theorist, art historian

    Date disputed

    May 12 · 1606

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  16. Charles Garnier

    Catholic priest, missionary

    1606–1649 · aged 43

    May 25 · 1606

    Source: GCatholic.org

  17. Corfitz Ulfeldt

    diplomat, politician

    1606–1664 · aged 57

    July 10 · 1606

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  18. Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz*

    Catholic bishop, linguist

    Date disputed

    May 23 · 1606

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  19. Christoph Bernhard von Galen*

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    October 12 · 1606

    Source: ECARTICO

  20. Georg von Derfflinger

    military personnel, military officer

    1606–1695 · aged 88

    March 20 · 1606

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  21. Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet

    traveler, historian

    1606–1682 · aged 75

    November 2 · 1606

    Source: SNAC

  22. Arvid Wittenberg

    military personnel, politician

    1606–1657

    1606

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Frang Bardhi

    Catholic priest, writer

    1606–1643

    1606

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  24. Laurent de La Hyre

    visual artist, painter

    1606–1656 · aged 50

    February 27 · 1606

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  25. Nicolas Mignard

    engraver, designer

    1606–1668

    February 7 · 1606

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  26. Karacaoğlan

    poet, writer

    1606–1680

    1606

    No external source identified

  27. Theodoor van Thulden

    painter, visual artist

    1606–1669 · aged 62

    August 9 · 1606

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Lorenzo Lippi

    writer, poet

    1606–1665 · aged 58

    May 3 · 1606

    Source: RKDartists

  29. Joan Carlile

    painter, artist

    1606–1679

    1606

    Source: Artnet

  30. Agnes of Hesse-Kassel

    politician, composer

    1606–1650 · aged 44

    May 14 · 1606

    Source: The Peerage

  31. Joan Maetsuycker

    colonial administrator, lawyer

    1606–1678 · aged 71

    October 14 · 1606

    Source: Onsland.nl

  32. Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck

    painter

    1606–1662

    1606

    Source: Trove

  33. Hermann Conring

    politician, physician

    1606–1681 · aged 75

    November 9 · 1606

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  34. Nicolò Sagredo

    politician, diplomat

    1606–1676 · aged 69

    December 8 · 1606

    Source: SNAC

  35. John X of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

    Lutheran pastor

    1606–1655 · aged 48

    March 18 · 1606

    Source: Genealogics

  36. George Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

    military personnel

    1606–1674 · aged 68

    February 23 · 1606

    Source: Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau

  37. Julian Maunoir

    Catholic priest

    1606–1683 · aged 76

    October 1 · 1606

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  38. Lodovico Buglio

    missionary, Catholic priest

    1606–1682 · aged 76

    January 26 · 1606

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  39. Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt

    lady-in-waiting

    1606–1659 · aged 52

    April 14 · 1606

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  40. Luigi Primo

    painter

    1606–1667

    1606

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  41. Charles Errard

    draftsperson, engraver

    1606–1689

    1606

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  42. Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

    printmaker, visual artist

    1606–1680

    1606

    Source: Artsy

  43. Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont

    Catholic priest, archbishop

    1606–1671

    1606

    Source: NUKAT

  44. Pieter de Jode II

    artist, publisher

    1606–1674

    November 22 · 1606

    Source: museabrugge.be

  45. Pieter Quast*

    painter, visual artist

    Date disputed

    1606

    Source: datos.bne.es

  46. Roland Fréart de Chambray

    translator, writer

    1606–1676 · aged 70

    July 13 · 1606

    Source: SNAC

  47. Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt

    translator, classical scholar

    1606–1664 · aged 58

    April 5 · 1606

    Source: Babelio

  48. Giacinto Gimignani

    painter, visual artist

    1606–1680

    1606

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  49. Vincentio Reinieri

    university teacher, mathematician

    1606–1647 · aged 41

    March 30 · 1606

    No external source identified

  50. Jacques Philippe Cornut

    botanist

    1606–1651 · aged 44

    October 19 · 1606

    Source: BnF authorities

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