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Born in 1621

46 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Guru Tegh Bahadur

    religious leader, writer

    1621–1675 · aged 54

    April 1 · 1621

    No external source identified

  2. Jean de La Fontaine

    writer, children's writer

    Date disputed

    July 8 · 1621

    Source: GeneaStar

  3. Louis, Grand Condé

    military leader, politician

    1621–1686 · aged 65

    September 8 · 1621

    Source: Roglo

  4. Amakusa Shirō

    samurai

    1621–1638

    1621

    No external source identified

  5. Andrew Marvell

    politician, satirist

    1621–1678 · aged 57

    March 31 · 1621

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  6. Rebecca Nurse

    artisan

    1621–1692 · aged 71

    February 21 · 1621

    Source: SNAC

  7. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

    writer, politician

    1621–1683 · aged 61

    July 22 · 1621

    Source: The Peerage

  8. William Penn

    naval officer, politician

    1621–1670 · aged 49

    April 23 · 1621

    Source: The Peerage

  9. Henry Vaughan

    economist, translator

    1621–1695

    April 17 · 1621

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  10. Thomas Willis

    neurologist, physician

    1621–1675 · aged 54

    January 27 · 1621

    Source: IdRef

  11. Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

    autobiographer, writer

    1621–1698 · aged 76

    July 8 · 1621

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  12. George II Rákóczi

    ruler, monarch

    1621–1660 · aged 39

    January 30 · 1621

    Source: Rodovid

  13. Shi Lang

    politician

    1621–1696

    1621

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Petar Zrinski

    writer, politician

    1621–1671 · aged 49

    June 6 · 1621

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  15. Şehzade Ömer

    1621–1622

    October 20 · 1621

    No external source identified

  16. Thomas Vaughan

    poet, philosopher

    1621–1666 · aged 44

    April 17 · 1621

    No external source identified

  17. Matthew Locke

    musicologist, composer

    Date disputed

    1621

    Source: SNAC

  18. Maximilian Henry of Bavaria

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1621–1688 · aged 66

    October 8 · 1621

    Source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 21st volume

  19. Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

    playwright, writer

    1621–1679 · aged 58

    April 25 · 1621

    Source: SNAC

  20. Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

    etcher, painter

    1621–1674

    August 19 · 1621

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  21. Constantin Șerban

    ruler

    1621–1685

    1621

    No external source identified

  22. Li Dingguo

    military leader

    1621–1662

    1621

    No external source identified

  23. Shabbatai ha-Kohen

    rabbi

    1621–1663

    1621

    Source: Open Library

  24. Egbert van der Poel

    artist, painter

    Date disputed

    March 9 · 1621

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  25. Patriarch Joachim

    Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch

    1621–1690 · aged 69

    January 6 · 1621

    No external source identified

  26. Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

    writer, politician

    1621–1693

    June 24 · 1621

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Jan Baptist Weenix

    painter

    1621–1659

    1621

    Source: Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive

  28. Nicolas Barré

    founder of Catholic religious community, Catholic priest

    1621–1686 · aged 64

    October 21 · 1621

    Source: GCatholic.org

  29. Isaac van Ostade

    landscape painter, painter

    1621–1649 · aged 28

    June 2 · 1621

    Source: SNAC

  30. Rutger von Ascheberg

    general field marshal, politician

    1621–1693 · aged 71

    June 2 · 1621

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  31. Allaert van Everdingen

    painter, mezzotinter

    1621–1675

    1621

    Source: National Gallery of Canada

  32. Georg Neumark

    poet, hymnwriter

    1621–1681 · aged 60

    March 16 · 1621

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  33. Bohuslav Balbín

    geographer, writer

    1621–1688

    December 3 · 1621

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  34. Jacques Courtois

    printmaker, draftsperson

    1621–1676 · aged 55

    February 12 · 1621

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  35. Wacław Potocki

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1621

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  36. Francisco de Moura, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo

    aristocrat, diplomat

    1621–1675 · aged 53

    December 13 · 1621

    No external source identified

  37. Sibylla Schwarz

    poet, writer

    1621–1638 · aged 17

    February 14 · 1621

    Source: deutsche-biographie.de

  38. Johannes Schefferus

    classical philologist, archaeologist

    1621–1679 · aged 58

    February 2 · 1621

    Source: RKDartists

  39. Cornelis de Man

    painter

    1621–1706 · aged 85

    July 1 · 1621

    Source: RKDartists

  40. Matthäus Merian the younger

    printmaker, illustrator

    Date disputed

    1621

    Source: RKDartists

  41. David Beck

    painter, art collector

    1621–1656

    May 25 · 1621

    Source: RKDartists

  42. Giacinto Brandi

    painter

    1621–1691 · aged 69

    February 23 · 1621

    Source: BeWeB

  43. Hendrick Dubbels

    painter

    1621–1707 · aged 86

    May 2 · 1621

    Source: Dubbels, Hendrik Jacobsz.

  44. Aşıq Ümer

    lyricist, poet

    1621–1707

    1621

    No external source identified

  45. John VI of Anhalt-Zerbst

    aristocrat

    1621–1667 · aged 46

    March 24 · 1621

    Source: The Peerage

  46. Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein

    1621–1671 · aged 49

    September 9 · 1621

    No external source identified

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