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Born in 1636

42 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Edward Colston

    politician, member of parliament

    1636–1721 · aged 84

    November 2 · 1636

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  2. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria

    politician, Imperial vicar

    1636–1679 · aged 42

    October 31 · 1636

    Source: Find a Grave

  3. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

    translator, literary critic

    1636–1711 · aged 74

    November 1 · 1636

    Source: Boileau [Boileau-Despréaux], Nicolas

  4. Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

    consort

    1636–1715 · aged 79

    October 23 · 1636

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  5. Thomas Traherne

    writer, theologian

    1636–1674 · aged 38

    October 10 · 1636

    No external source identified

  6. Pierre-Esprit Radisson

    explorer, Coureur des bois

    1636–1710

    1636

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  7. Osei Tutu

    monarch, Asantehene

    Date disputed

    1636

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Joseph Glanvill

    writer, philosopher

    1636–1680

    1636

    Source: Lord Byron and his Times

  9. Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy

    aristocrat

    1636–1676 · aged 39

    November 6 · 1636

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Laura Mancini

    socialite

    1636–1657 · aged 20

    May 6 · 1636

    No external source identified

  11. Melchior d'Hondecoeter

    animalier, painter

    1636–1695

    1636

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  12. Christian Knorr von Rosenroth

    poet, hymnwriter

    1636–1689

    July 15 · 1636

    Source: SNAC

  13. Thomas Tenison

    Anglican priest, Christian minister

    1636–1715 · aged 79

    September 29 · 1636

    Source: Find a Grave

  14. Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    consort

    1636–1689

    September 28 · 1636

    Source: The Peerage

  15. Alexander Mavrokordatos the Exaporite

    politician, physician

    Date disputed

    1636

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Songgotu

    diplomat, politician

    1636–1703

    1636

    No external source identified

  17. Olfert Dapper

    writer, historian

    1636–1689 · aged 53

    January 6 · 1636

    No external source identified

  18. Nicolae Milescu

    diplomat, philosopher

    1636–1708

    1636

    Source: Open Library

  19. Jan Chryzostom Pasek

    writer

    Date disputed

    1636

    Source: Trove

  20. Adriaen van de Velde

    landscape painter, painter

    1636–1672 · aged 35

    November 30 · 1636

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  21. Thomas Hyde

    interpreter, university teacher

    1636–1703 · aged 66

    June 29 · 1636

    Source: SNAC

  22. Charles de La Fosse

    painter, draftsperson

    1636–1716 · aged 80

    June 15 · 1636

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  23. Gregório de Matos

    poet, composer

    1636–1696 · aged 59

    December 23 · 1636

    No external source identified

  24. Hermann Witsius

    writer, theologian

    1636–1708 · aged 72

    February 12 · 1636

    Source: Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae

  25. Shang Zhixin

    military leader

    1636–1680

    1636

    No external source identified

  26. Melchiorre Cafà

    sculptor

    1636–1667 · aged 31

    January 21 · 1636

    No external source identified

  27. Justine Siegemund

    midwife, gynecologist

    1636–1705

    December 26 · 1636

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  28. Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra

    politician

    1636–1692 · aged 56

    January 5 · 1636

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  29. Libéral Bruant

    architect

    1636–1697

    1636

    Source: RKDartists

  30. Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

    printmaker, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1636

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  31. Daniel Speer

    trumpeter, musicologist

    1636–1707 · aged 71

    July 2 · 1636

    Source: SNAC

  32. Thormodus Torfæus

    historian, writer

    1636–1719 · aged 82

    May 27 · 1636

    No external source identified

  33. Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

    Date disputed

    June 21 · 1636

    No external source identified

  34. Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova

    viceroy, military personnel

    1636–1705

    June 4 · 1636

    No external source identified

  35. Ignace-Gaston Pardies

    mathematician, Catholic theologian

    1636–1673

    September 5 · 1636

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  36. David de Coninck

    painter

    Date disputed

    1636

    Source: mutualart.com

  37. Jacob Gillig

    painter

    1636–1701

    1636

    Source: Art UK painters database

  38. Francesco Nerli der Jüngere

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1636–1708 · aged 71

    June 12 · 1636

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    art collector

    1636–1687

    May 22 · 1636

    Source: The Peerage

  40. Giambattista Costaguti

    Catholic priest

    1636–1704

    1636

    Source: Royal Academy of Arts

  41. Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    royalty, feudatory

    1636–1689 · aged 53

    January 20 · 1636

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

    ruler, military personnel

    1636–1669 · aged 32

    August 10 · 1636

    Source: Waldeck, Josias Graf (ADB)

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