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Born in 1640

63 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

    monarch, composer

    1640–1705 · aged 64

    June 9 · 1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  2. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

    military personnel, art collector

    1640–1701 · aged 60

    September 21 · 1640

    Source: Find a Grave

  3. Aphra Behn

    novelist, playwright

    1640–1689 · aged 48

    July 10 · 1640

    Source: FemBio database

  4. Madame de Montespan

    lady-in-waiting

    1640–1707 · aged 66

    October 5 · 1640

    No external source identified

  5. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

    lady-in-waiting

    1640–1709 · aged 68

    November 27 · 1640

    Source: FemBio database

  6. Saud I

    Amir, politician

    1640–1725

    1640

    No external source identified

  7. Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester

    aristocrat

    1640–1660 · aged 20

    July 8 · 1640

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

    monarch

    1640–1673 · aged 33

    May 31 · 1640

    Source: Find a Grave

  9. Catherine Deshayes

    magician, midwife

    1640–1680

    1640

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Udaipuri Mahal

    concubine

    1640–1707

    1640

    No external source identified

  11. Pu Songling

    writer, children's writer

    1640–1715

    June 5 · 1640

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  12. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

    politician

    1640–1707 · aged 67

    January 25 · 1640

    Source: SNAC

  13. Nicholas Barbon

    master builder, physician

    Date disputed

    1640

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  14. Șerban Cantacuzino

    hospodar

    1640–1688

    1640

    Source: Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands

  15. William Wycherley

    writer, poet

    1640–1715

    1640

    Source: LIBRIS

  16. Willem de Vlamingh

    explorer

    1640–1698

    November 18 · 1640

    No external source identified

  17. Gaspar Sanz Celma

    guitarist, classical guitarist

    1640–1710

    1640

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  18. Empress Xiaokangzhang

    1640–1663 · aged 22

    December 31 · 1640

    No external source identified

  19. Yurii Frants Kulchytskyi

    diplomat, soldier

    1640–1694

    1640

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  20. Antoine Coysevox

    sculptor

    1640–1720 · aged 80

    September 29 · 1640

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  21. Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin

    1640–1691

    1640

    Source: NUKAT

  22. Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

    composer, viol player

    1640–1700

    1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Yohannes I

    monarch

    1640–1682

    1640

    No external source identified

  24. Fran Krsto Frankopan

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. Robert Plot

    university teacher, naturalist

    1640–1696 · aged 55

    December 13 · 1640

    Source: SNAC

  26. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    regent

    1640–1709 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1640

    Source: The Peerage

  27. Edward Kynaston

    stage actor, actor

    1640–1706

    1640

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  28. Abraham Mignon

    botanical illustrator, painter

    1640–1679 · aged 38

    June 21 · 1640

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  29. John Mayow

    physiologist, chemist

    1640–1679

    May 24 · 1640

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  30. Philippe de La Hire

    naturalist, professor

    1640–1718 · aged 78

    March 18 · 1640

    Source: RKDartists

  31. Mariana Alcoforado

    nun, writer

    1640–1723 · aged 83

    April 22 · 1640

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  32. Sigismund Casimir of Poland

    aristocrat

    1640–1647 · aged 7

    April 1 · 1640

    No external source identified

  33. Frederick of Nassau-Weilburg

    aristocrat

    1640–1675 · aged 35

    April 26 · 1640

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan

    military personnel

    1640–1725

    1640

    No external source identified

  35. Amalia Catherine of Waldeck-Eistenburg

    lyricist, poet

    Date disputed

    August 8 · 1640

    Source: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

  36. Jean Bérain the Elder

    printmaker, draftsperson

    1640–1711 · aged 70

    June 4 · 1640

    Source: Berain, Jean I, the Elder

  37. Georg Mohr

    mathematician

    1640–1697 · aged 56

    April 1 · 1640

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  38. Bernard Lamy

    physicist, theologian

    1640–1715 · aged 74

    June 15 · 1640

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  39. Marguerite de la Sablière

    patron of the arts, scholar

    1640–1693 · aged 52

    March 18 · 1640

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  40. Claude Fleury

    Catholic priest, historian

    1640–1723

    December 6 · 1640

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  41. Nicolaes van Verendael

    painter

    1640–1691 · aged 51

    February 19 · 1640

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  42. Jacques Ozanam

    mathematician

    1640–1718 · aged 77

    June 16 · 1640

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  43. Marcantonio Barbarigo

    bishop, Catholic bishop

    1640–1706 · aged 66

    March 6 · 1640

    Source: BeWeB

  44. Philipp von Hörnigk

    economist

    1640–1714 · aged 74

    January 23 · 1640

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Gastañaga

    military personnel, governor

    1640–1702

    1640

    Source: National Library of Portugal

  46. Cristoforo Caresana

    opera singer, composer

    1640–1709

    1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  47. Marie-Catherine de Villedieu

    writer, fabulist

    1640–1683

    1640

    Source: Babelio

  48. Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba

    politician, military personnel

    1640–1716 · aged 75

    November 25 · 1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  49. André Raison

    music educator, organist

    Date disputed

    1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  50. Keichū

    writer, linguist

    1640–1701

    1640

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont

    Officer of the French Navy, ambassador

    1640–1710

    1640

    Source: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

  52. Jacques d'Agar

    painter

    1640–1715 · aged 75

    March 9 · 1640

    No external source identified

  53. Gérard Audran

    print publisher, printmaker

    1640–1703 · aged 62

    August 2 · 1640

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Gérard Edelinck

    painter, copper engraver

    1640–1707 · aged 66

    October 20 · 1640

    Source: SNAC

  55. Ludmilla Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    hymnwriter, poet

    1640–1672 · aged 31

    April 7 · 1640

    Source: Genealogics

  56. Nicolaus Adam Strungk

    opera director, organist

    1640–1700 · aged 59

    November 15 · 1640

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Maria Theresia van Thielen

    painter, botanical illustrator

    1640–1706 · aged 65

    March 17 · 1640

    Source: RKDartists

  58. Elias Tillandz

    university teacher, botanist

    1640–1693

    1640

    Source: KANTO

  59. Filippo Abbiati

    painter

    1640–1715 · aged 75

    May 3 · 1640

    Source: Encyklopedie města Kroměříže

  60. Jacob Toorenvliet

    painter, designer

    1640–1719

    1640

    Source: KulturNav

  61. Abraham Blooteling

    publisher, draftsperson

    1640–1690

    1640

    Source: RKDartists

  62. Abraham Genoels

    printer, painter

    1640–1723

    1640

    Source: museabrugge.be

  63. Giacomo Cantelmo

    archbishop, Catholic priest

    1640–1702 · aged 62

    June 13 · 1640

    Source: FINA Wiki

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