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Born in 1639

29 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Jean Racine

    playwright, writer

    1639–1699 · aged 59

    December 22 · 1639

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  2. Ivan Mazepa

    military commander, diplomat

    1639–1709 · aged 70

    March 20 · 1639

    Source: SNAC

  3. Metacomet

    traditional leader or chief

    1639–1676

    1639

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Increase Mather

    university teacher, Christian minister

    1639–1723 · aged 84

    July 1 · 1639

    Source: salem.lib.virginia.edu

  5. Benjamin Church

    soldier, military personnel

    1639–1718

    1639

    Source: Church, Benjamin (1639-1718), soldier

  6. William Russell, Lord Russell

    politician, member of parliament

    1639–1683 · aged 43

    September 29 · 1639

    Source: SNAC

  7. Marie Mancini

    diarist

    1639–1715 · aged 75

    August 28 · 1639

    Source: BnF authorities

  8. Simon van der Stel

    explorer

    1639–1712 · aged 72

    October 14 · 1639

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  9. Niccolao Manucci*

    physician, historian

    Date disputed

    1639

    Source: NUKAT

  10. Olympia Mancini*

    royal mistress, lady-in-waiting

    Date disputed

    1639

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  11. Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

    lady-in-waiting

    1639–1722 · aged 83

    January 3 · 1639

    Source: data.bnf.fr

  12. Catherine Charlotte de Gramont

    lady-in-waiting

    1639–1678

    1639

    Source: The Peerage

  13. Giovanni Battista Gaulli

    painter, sculptor

    1639–1709 · aged 69

    May 8 · 1639

    Source: SNAC

  14. Gottfried Kirch

    astronomer

    1639–1710 · aged 70

    December 18 · 1639

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  15. Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

    diplomat

    1639–1672 · aged 33

    March 7 · 1639

    Source: SNAC

  16. Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

    diplomat, military personnel

    1639–1688 · aged 49

    January 5 · 1639

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  17. Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan

    politician

    1639–1694 · aged 54

    November 27 · 1639

    Source: historyofparliamentonline.org

  18. Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet

    writer, poet

    1639–1701 · aged 62

    March 5 · 1639

    No external source identified

  19. Caspar Netscher*

    miniature painter, visual artist

    Date disputed

    1639

    Source: SNAC

  20. Antonio Verrio*

    painter, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    1639

    Source: SNAC

  21. Martin Lister

    physicist, physician

    1639–1712 · aged 72

    April 12 · 1639

    No external source identified

  22. Jacob Ferdinand Voet

    visual artist, painter

    1639–1689

    1639

    Source: museabrugge.be

  23. Shibukawa Shunkai

    astronomer, Go player

    1639–1715

    December 27 · 1639

    No external source identified

  24. Pavel Josef Vejvanovský*

    choir director, composer

    Date disputed

    1639

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  25. Daidōji Yūzan

    gungaku scholar, samurai

    1639–1730

    1639

    Source: SNAC

  26. Johann Christoph Pezel

    alta cappella, violinist

    1639–1694 · aged 54

    December 5 · 1639

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Noël Alexandre

    theologian, church historian

    1639–1724 · aged 85

    January 19 · 1639

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Daniel Georg Morhof

    librarian, polymath

    1639–1691 · aged 52

    February 6 · 1639

    Source: SNAC

  29. Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu

    Catholic priest, writer

    1639–1720

    1639

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

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