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Born in 1608

42 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. John Milton

    poet, writer

    1608–1674 · aged 65

    December 9 · 1608

    Source: BnF authorities

  2. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

    monarch, composer

    1608–1657 · aged 48

    July 13 · 1608

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  3. Tukaram

    translator, poet

    1608–1650

    1608

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  4. Evangelista Torricelli

    inventor, mathematician

    1608–1647 · aged 39

    October 15 · 1608

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  5. Gaston, Duke of Orléans

    aristocrat, politician

    1608–1660 · aged 51

    April 25 · 1608

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

    military personnel, politician

    1608–1670 · aged 61

    December 16 · 1608

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. Samarth Ramdas Swami

    poet, writer

    1608–1681

    1608

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  8. Thomas Fuller

    historian, writer

    1608–1661

    1608

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Gevherhan Sultan*

    Date disputed

    1608

    No external source identified

  10. Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine

    feudatory

    1608–1657 · aged 48

    October 3 · 1608

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  11. António Vieira*

    historian, missionary

    Date disputed

    February 6 · 1608

    Source: Babelio

  12. Toyotomi Kunimatsu

    bushi

    1608–1615

    1608

    No external source identified

  13. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

    inventor, historian of mathematics

    1608–1679 · aged 71

    January 28 · 1608

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  14. Ivan Vyhovskyi

    diplomat, voivode

    1608–1664

    1608

    No external source identified

  15. Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

    politician

    1608–1652 · aged 43

    August 15 · 1608

    Source: NCpedia

  16. René Goupil*

    surgeon

    Date disputed

    May 15 · 1608

    Source: GCatholic.org

  17. Eudoxia Streshneva

    tsar

    1608–1645

    1608

    Source: The Peerage

  18. John Tradescant the Younger

    botanist, gardener

    1608–1662 · aged 53

    August 4 · 1608

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  19. Jin Shengtan*

    publisher, philosopher

    Date disputed

    1608

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Pieter Post*

    painter, printmaker

    Date disputed

    1608

    Source: RKDartists

  21. Jean-Jacques Olier

    writer, Catholic priest

    1608–1657 · aged 48

    September 20 · 1608

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  22. Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

    military personnel

    1608–1682 · aged 73

    August 16 · 1608

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  23. Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst

    consort

    1608–1681 · aged 72

    November 10 · 1608

    Source: The Peerage

  24. Jacob Adriaensz Backer

    painter

    1608–1651

    1608

    Source: Backer, Jacob

  25. Gaspar Schott

    theologian, scientist

    1608–1666 · aged 58

    February 5 · 1608

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  26. Daniello Bartoli

    Catholic theologian, writer

    1608–1685

    February 12 · 1608

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Nicolas Cotoner

    hospitaller, warrior monk

    1608–1680

    1608

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  28. Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

    poet, diplomat

    1608–1666

    1608

    Source: bude.univ-tours.fr

  29. Cornelis van der Lijn

    politician

    1608–1679

    1608

    No external source identified

  30. Francisco Manuel de Melo

    poet, soldier

    1608–1666 · aged 57

    November 23 · 1608

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  31. Nakae Tōju

    Confucian scholar

    1608–1648 · aged 40

    April 21 · 1608

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  32. Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh

    writer, historian

    1608–1671 · aged 63

    August 31 · 1608

    No external source identified

  33. Honoré Fabri*

    mathematician, astronomer

    Date disputed

    April 8 · 1608

    Source: books.google.cat

  34. Abraham Wuchters

    tile painter, painter

    1608–1682

    1608

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  35. Willem de Poorter

    painter

    1608–1668

    1608

    Source: Poorter, Willem de

  36. Francesco Maria Macchiavelli

    bishop, Catholic priest

    1608–1653

    1608

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Alfonso Litta

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1608–1679 · aged 70

    September 19 · 1608

    No external source identified

  38. Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas

    Catholic priest, bishop

    1608–1673

    1608

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  39. Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi

    archbishop, Catholic bishop

    1608–1687 · aged 78

    September 15 · 1608

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  40. Cesare Facchinetti

    Catholic theologian, Catholic priest

    1608–1683 · aged 74

    September 17 · 1608

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  41. Catarina Ykens (I)

    painter

    1608–1666

    1608

    Source: RKDartists

  42. Luigi Omodei

    Catholic priest

    1608–1685 · aged 76

    December 8 · 1608

    No external source identified

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