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Born in 1612

57 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Murad IV

    poet, ruler

    1612–1640 · aged 27

    July 27 · 1612

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  2. Peter Stuyvesant

    governor, politician

    1612–1672

    1612

    No external source identified

  3. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

    poet, soldier

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1612

    No external source identified

  4. Wu Sangui

    monarch, military leader

    1612–1678

    1612

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  5. Anne Bradstreet

    writer, philosopher

    1612–1672 · aged 60

    March 20 · 1612

    Source: Roglo

  6. Dorgon

    politician

    1612–1650 · aged 38

    November 17 · 1612

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

    writer, politician

    1612–1650 · aged 37

    October 25 · 1612

    No external source identified

  8. Saskia van Uylenburgh

    1612–1642

    1612

    No external source identified

  9. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

    aristocrat

    1612–1675 · aged 62

    November 11 · 1612

    Source: The Peerage

  10. Jeremi Wiśniowiecki

    military leader, politician

    1612–1651 · aged 39

    August 17 · 1612

    Source: Wiśniowieccy : monografia rodu

  11. Crown Prince Sohyeon

    philosopher

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1612

    No external source identified

  12. Şehzade Bayezid

    1612–1635 · aged 22

    December 12 · 1612

    No external source identified

  13. Odoardo Farnese

    aristocrat

    1612–1646 · aged 34

    April 28 · 1612

    Source: SNAC

  14. Antoine Arnauld

    mathematician, university teacher

    Date disputed

    February 16 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Pierre Mignard I

    visual artist, painter

    1612–1695 · aged 82

    November 17 · 1612

    Source: RKDartists

  16. Samuel Butler

    writer, poet

    1612–1680 · aged 68

    February 3 · 1612

    No external source identified

  17. Margherita de' Medici

    politician

    1612–1679 · aged 66

    May 31 · 1612

    Source: The Peerage

  18. Janusz Radziwiłł

    diplomat, voivode

    Date disputed

    December 12 · 1612

    Source: RKDartists

  19. Richard Crashaw

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1612

    Source: Nationalencyklopedin

  20. William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

    politician

    Date disputed

    November 30 · 1612

    Source: The Peerage

  21. Louis, Duke of Vendôme

    governor, Catholic bishop

    1612–1669 · aged 56

    October 1 · 1612

    Source: Early Modern Letters Online

  22. Michał Boym

    sinologist, naturalist

    Date disputed

    1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve

    military officer

    1612–1676 · aged 64

    February 15 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond

    politician

    1612–1655 · aged 42

    April 16 · 1612

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  25. John Albert Vasa

    bishop, Catholic priest

    1612–1634 · aged 22

    June 25 · 1612

    No external source identified

  26. Thomas Killigrew

    playwright, writer

    1612–1683 · aged 71

    February 17 · 1612

    Source: Find a Grave

  27. Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn

    grammarian, orator

    Date disputed

    August 25 · 1612

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  28. Frans Post

    draftsperson, printmaker

    1612–1680 · aged 67

    November 17 · 1612

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  29. Pier Francesco Mola

    printmaker, painter

    1612–1666 · aged 54

    February 9 · 1612

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  30. Taj ul-Alam

    politician

    1612–1675

    1612

    No external source identified

  31. Claude Françoise de Lorraine

    aristocrat

    1612–1648 · aged 35

    October 6 · 1612

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  32. Nicolas Chorier

    lawyer, writer

    1612–1692 · aged 79

    September 1 · 1612

    Source: MAK

  33. Constantin Cantemir

    diplomat

    1612–1693 · aged 80

    November 8 · 1612

    Source: ghika.net

  34. Abraham Calovius

    university teacher, parson

    1612–1686 · aged 73

    April 16 · 1612

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  35. Harmen Steenwijck

    painter

    1612–1656

    1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Simone Cantarini

    etcher, draftsperson

    1612–1648 · aged 36

    April 12 · 1612

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  37. Tenjiku Tokubei

    explorer, writer

    1612–1692

    1612

    No external source identified

  38. Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz

    politician

    1612–1640 · aged 28

    January 31 · 1612

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  39. Asai Ryōi

    novelist, writer

    1612–1691

    1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. David Ryckaert III

    painter, designer

    Date disputed

    December 2 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. Bogusław Leszczyński

    politician

    1612–1659

    1612

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  42. Ludovico Marracci

    translator, orientalist

    1612–1700 · aged 87

    October 6 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Kun Can

    monk, calligrapher

    1612–1673

    1612

    Source: Grove Art Online

  44. Lubin Baugin

    print publisher, painter

    1612–1663

    1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    October 27 · 1612

    No external source identified

  46. André Tacquet

    teacher, Catholic priest

    1612–1660 · aged 48

    June 23 · 1612

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  47. Andries Both

    painter, graphic artist

    1612–1642

    1612

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  48. Paul Wirtz

    military personnel, general field marshal

    1612–1676 · aged 63

    October 30 · 1612

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  49. Justus Georg Schottel

    jurist, hofmeister

    1612–1676 · aged 64

    June 23 · 1612

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  50. Frans Wouters

    painter

    1612–1659

    October 2 · 1612

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  51. Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp

    painter

    1612–1652

    1612

    Source: Artnet

  52. Zhou Lianggong

    historian, poet

    1612–1672

    1612

    Source: Grove Art Online

  53. Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria

    Catholic theologian, Catholic priest

    1612–1693 · aged 81

    April 10 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Joannes Meyssens

    printmaker, painter

    1612–1670 · aged 58

    May 17 · 1612

    Source: museabrugge.be

  55. Niels Aagaard

    priest, professor

    1612–1657

    1612

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  56. Giulio Spinola

    archbishop, Catholic bishop

    1612–1691 · aged 78

    May 13 · 1612

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Vincenzo Costaguti

    Catholic priest, Catholic theologian

    Date disputed

    1612

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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