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Born in 1628

51 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Charles Perrault

    critic, writer

    1628–1703 · aged 75

    January 12 · 1628

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  2. John Bunyan

    theologian, novelist

    1628–1688 · aged 59

    November 28 · 1628

    Source: archive.org

  3. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

    politician, playwright

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1628

    Source: SNAC

  4. Jacob van Ruisdael

    artist, etcher

    1628–1682

    1628

    Source: National Gallery of Victoria

  5. Marcello Malpighi

    entomologist, botanist

    1628–1694 · aged 66

    March 10 · 1628

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  6. François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg

    military officer

    1628–1695 · aged 66

    January 8 · 1628

    Source: GeneaStar

  7. Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk

    politician, diplomat

    1628–1684 · aged 55

    July 12 · 1628

    Source: SNAC

  8. Tokugawa Mitsukuni

    politician, samurai

    1628–1701 · aged 72

    July 11 · 1628

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  9. Henry Cromwell

    statesperson, soldier

    1628–1674 · aged 46

    January 20 · 1628

    Source: SNAC

  10. Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano

    monarch

    1628–1709 · aged 80

    August 20 · 1628

    Source: The Peerage

  11. Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria

    politician

    1628–1662 · aged 34

    May 17 · 1628

    Source: SNAC

  12. Miguel de Molinos

    Catholic priest, philosopher

    1628–1696 · aged 68

    June 29 · 1628

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  13. Eleonora Gonzaga

    emperor

    Date disputed

    November 18 · 1628

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  14. Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet

    diplomat, essayist

    1628–1699 · aged 70

    April 25 · 1628

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  15. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    consort

    1628–1685 · aged 56

    March 24 · 1628

    Source: The Peerage

  16. Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé

    politician

    1628–1694 · aged 66

    February 25 · 1628

    Source: The Peerage

  17. François Girardon

    sculptor, visual artist

    Date disputed

    March 17 · 1628

    Source: RKDartists

  18. George Starkey

    chemist, alchemist

    1628–1665

    1628

    Source: Early Modern Letters Online

  19. Lucrezia Barberini

    aristocrat

    1628–1699 · aged 70

    October 24 · 1628

    Source: Genealogics

  20. David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

    painter

    Date disputed

    April 27 · 1628

    Source: RKDartists

  21. João Ferreira de Almeida

    Catholic priest, missionary

    1628–1691

    1628

    Source: IdRef

  22. Pedro De Mena

    sculptor, architect

    1628–1688

    1628

    Source: Catalogue of the Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche

  23. Grigore I Ghica

    ruler

    1628–1674

    1628

    Source: ghika.net

  24. Paul Rycaut

    historian, diplomat

    Date disputed

    1628

    Source: LIBRIS

  25. Alvise II Mocenigo

    politician

    1628–1709 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1628

    No external source identified

  26. Noël Coypel

    painter

    1628–1707 · aged 78

    December 25 · 1628

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Constantijn Huygens Jr.

    diplomat, politician

    1628–1697

    March 10 · 1628

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  28. Carlo Cignani

    painter, draftsperson

    1628–1719

    May 15 · 1628

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  29. Cornelis Speelman

    governor-general, politician

    Date disputed

    March 2 · 1628

    No external source identified

  30. Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières

    soldier, duke

    1628–1694

    1628

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Johannes Hudde

    instrument maker, naturalist

    1628–1704 · aged 75

    April 23 · 1628

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  32. Christoph Bernhard

    music theorist, musicologist

    1628–1692 · aged 64

    January 1 · 1628

    Source: SNAC

  33. Dominique Bouhours

    Catholic priest, Catholic theologian

    1628–1702 · aged 74

    May 15 · 1628

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Robert Cambert

    composer, organist

    Date disputed

    1628

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  35. Samuel Capricornus

    chapelmaster, independent publisher

    Date disputed

    December 21 · 1628

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  36. Daniel Papebroch

    hagiographer, monk

    1628–1714 · aged 86

    March 17 · 1628

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  37. Cornelis Visscher

    printmaker

    Date disputed

    1628

    Source: kmska.be

  38. Gabriel de Guilleragues

    diplomat, journalist

    1628–1685 · aged 56

    November 18 · 1628

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Gustaf Düben

    organist, composer

    1628–1690

    1628

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Guillaume Courtois

    draftsperson, graphic artist

    1628–1679 · aged 51

    February 12 · 1628

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  41. Cristoforo Ivanovich

    librettist, writer

    1628–1688

    1628

    Source: CONOR.SI

  42. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

    1628–1666 · aged 38

    January 23 · 1628

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  43. César d'Estrées

    aristocrat, Catholic priest

    1628–1714 · aged 86

    February 5 · 1628

    Source: FINA Wiki

  44. Jan de Bisschop

    jurist, printmaker

    1628–1671

    1628

    Source: Royal Academy of Arts

  45. Vincent van der Vinne

    graphic artist, mezzotinter

    Date disputed

    October 11 · 1628

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  46. Ursula Micaela Morata

    writer, nun

    1628–1703 · aged 74

    October 21 · 1628

    No external source identified

  47. Georg Matthäus Vischer

    cartographer, printmaker

    1628–1696 · aged 68

    April 22 · 1628

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  48. Giacomo Rospigliosi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1628–1684 · aged 55

    December 29 · 1628

    No external source identified

  49. Jan Hackaert

    painter, visual artist

    Date disputed

    February 1 · 1628

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  50. Peter Lambeck

    writer, historian

    Date disputed

    April 13 · 1628

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. Zbigniew Morsztyn

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1628

    Source: online encyclopedia

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