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Born in 1626

45 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Christina of Sweden

    painter, art collector

    Date disputed

    December 7 · 1626

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  2. Sabbatai Zevi

    false messiah, mystic

    1626–1676 · aged 50

    July 23 · 1626

    No external source identified

  3. Richard Cromwell

    politician

    1626–1712 · aged 85

    October 4 · 1626

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  4. Madame de Sévigné

    philosopher, correspondent

    1626–1696 · aged 70

    February 5 · 1626

    Source: GeneaStar

  5. Francesco Redi

    naturalist, painter

    1626–1697

    February 18 · 1626

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  6. Jan Steen

    architectural drafter, visual artist

    1626–1679

    1626

    Source: Archives of American Art

  7. John Aubrey

    archaeologist, biographer

    1626–1697 · aged 71

    March 22 · 1626

    Source: SNAC

  8. Louis Hennepin

    explorer

    1626–1701

    May 12 · 1626

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  9. Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur

    cleric, missionary

    1626–1667 · aged 41

    March 21 · 1626

    Source: SNAC

  10. Hendrickje Stoffels

    housekeeper, art model

    1626–1663

    1626

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  11. William II, Prince of Orange

    politician, aristocrat

    1626–1650 · aged 24

    May 27 · 1626

    Source: Find a Grave

  12. Jean Talon

    intendant

    1626–1694 · aged 68

    January 8 · 1626

    No external source identified

  13. Henriette Marie of the Palatinate

    1626–1651 · aged 25

    July 17 · 1626

    No external source identified

  14. Ebba Sparre

    lady-in-waiting

    Date disputed

    1626

    Source: runeberg.org

  15. Louis Couperin

    organist, harpsichordist

    1626–1661

    1626

    Source: NUKAT

  16. Bada Shanren

    writer, poet

    1626–1705

    1626

    Source: SNAC

  17. Jan van Kessel the Elder

    artist, painter

    1626–1679

    April 5 · 1626

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  18. Syekh Yusuf al-Makassari

    1626–1699 · aged 72

    July 3 · 1626

    Source: Onsland.nl

  19. Armand Jean Le Bouthillier Rancé

    theologian, founder of Catholic religious community

    1626–1700 · aged 74

    January 9 · 1626

    Source: Roglo

  20. Giovanni Legrenzi

    organist, composer

    1626–1690 · aged 63

    August 12 · 1626

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  21. Afaq Khoja

    politician

    1626–1694

    1626

    Source: MAK

  22. Simon Ushakov

    iconographer, painter

    1626–1686

    1626

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  23. Andrea Guarneri

    musical instrument maker, luthier

    1626–1698

    1626

    No external source identified

  24. Atto Melani

    opera singer, diplomat

    1626–1714 · aged 87

    March 30 · 1626

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  25. Karel Dujardin

    designer, visual artist

    1626–1678

    1626

    No external source identified

  26. Pietro Mengoli

    university teacher, mathematician

    Date disputed

    1626

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  27. Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff

    historian, polymath

    1626–1692 · aged 65

    December 20 · 1626

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Ole Borch

    chemist, poet

    1626–1690 · aged 64

    April 7 · 1626

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. John Collins

    mathematician

    Date disputed

    1626

    Source: Google Books

  30. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken

    ruler

    1626–1692 · aged 65

    May 17 · 1626

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  31. François Pallu

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    August 31 · 1626

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  32. Maurice Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar

    1626–1679 · aged 52

    April 23 · 1626

    No external source identified

  33. Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

    military personnel

    1626–1671 · aged 44

    September 16 · 1626

    No external source identified

  34. Johann Rudolph Ahle

    music theorist, independent publisher

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1626

    Source: Musicalics

  35. Daniel Denton

    settler, emigrant

    1626–1703

    1626

    Source: Denton, Daniel (1626-1703), author and local government official

  36. Fabian von Fersen

    military officer, military personnel

    1626–1677 · aged 51

    February 7 · 1626

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  37. Géraud de Cordemoy

    historian, lawyer

    1626–1684

    October 6 · 1626

    Source: Catalog of the Library of the American Academy in Rome

  38. Sigmund von Birken

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    April 25 · 1626

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  39. Lucas Achtschellinck

    painter

    1626–1699 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1626

    Source: RKDartists

  40. George Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

    military personnel

    1626–1677

    December 10 · 1626

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  41. Francis Egon of Fürstenberg

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    April 10 · 1626

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  42. César-Pierre Richelet

    linguist, philologist

    1626–1698 · aged 72

    November 8 · 1626

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  43. Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata

    viceroy, military personnel

    1626–1691

    1626

    Source: Great Aragonese Encyclopedia

  44. Pascual de Aragón

    Catholic priest

    1626–1677

    1626

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  45. George II, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

    aristocrat

    1626–1699 · aged 72

    October 5 · 1626

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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