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Born in 1642

47 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Mehmed IV

    sultan, ruler

    1642–1693 · aged 51

    January 2 · 1642

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  2. Gülnuş Sultan

    writer, valide sultan

    1642–1715

    1642

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

    politician, art collector

    1642–1723 · aged 81

    August 14 · 1642

    Source: RKDartists

  4. Ihara Saikaku

    novelist, poet

    1642–1693

    1642

    Source: MAK

  5. Andrea Pozzo

    architect, painter

    1642–1709 · aged 66

    November 30 · 1642

    Source: Structurae

  6. Anne Hilarion de Tourville

    military commander, military personnel

    1642–1701

    November 24 · 1642

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. Takakazu Seki

    mathematician

    1642–1708

    1642

    Source: SNAC

  8. Shitao*

    painter, Buddhist monk

    Date disputed

    1642

    Source: National Gallery of Victoria

  9. Zheng Jing

    rebel, politician

    1642–1681 · aged 38

    November 4 · 1642

    No external source identified

  10. Suleiman II

    ruler

    1642–1691 · aged 49

    April 15 · 1642

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Ayuka Khan

    khan

    1642–1724

    1642

    Source: Q22327373

  12. Johann Christoph Bach I

    Kammermusiker, organist

    1642–1703 · aged 60

    December 6 · 1642

    No external source identified

  13. André Charles Boulle

    wood carver, joiner

    1642–1732

    November 11 · 1642

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  14. Myeongseong*

    writer

    Date disputed

    May 17 · 1642

    No external source identified

  15. Armande Béjart*

    stage actor

    Date disputed

    1642

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest

    military personnel, admiral

    1642–1706 · aged 64

    November 16 · 1642

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Claudio Coello

    painter

    1642–1693 · aged 51

    March 2 · 1642

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins

    politician, diplomat

    1642–1722

    1642

    Source: SHEWROTE

  19. Jan Weenix

    painter

    1642–1719

    1642

    Source: ArtCyclopedia

  20. Evert Collier

    painter

    1642–1708

    January 26 · 1642

    Source: Discogs

  21. Simon de la Loubère

    poet, diplomat

    1642–1729 · aged 86

    April 21 · 1642

    Source: La France savante

  22. Hafız Osman

    calligrapher, writer

    1642–1698

    1642

    Source: Artnet

  23. Maria of Nassau

    1642–1688 · aged 45

    September 5 · 1642

    Source: The Peerage

  24. Sofie Luise of Württemberg-Winnental

    ruler

    1642–1702 · aged 60

    February 19 · 1642

    Source: The Peerage

  25. Francis de Geronimo

    Catholic theologian, regular cleric

    1642–1716 · aged 73

    December 17 · 1642

    Source: SNAC

  26. Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger

    diplomat, military leader

    1642–1720

    1642

    Source: Urzędnicy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Spisy, t. V, Ziemia połocka i województw…

  27. Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski

    politician

    1642–1702 · aged 59

    May 25 · 1642

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Jan Karol Opaliński

    1642–1695 · aged 53

    January 10 · 1642

    No external source identified

  29. Wang Yuanqi

    poet, artist

    1642–1715

    1642

    Source: Artnet

  30. Christian Weise

    librettist, writer

    1642–1708

    April 30 · 1642

    Source: SNAC

  31. Giovanni Maria Bononcini

    conductor, music theorist

    1642–1678

    September 23 · 1642

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Marie Champmeslé

    actor, stage actor

    1642–1698

    February 18 · 1642

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  33. Yusuf Nabi

    poet

    1642–1712

    1642

    Source: NUKAT

  34. Angelo Paoli

    blessed, Catholic priest

    1642–1720

    September 1 · 1642

    Source: GCatholic.org

  35. Semyon Remezov

    geographer, explorer

    1642–1720

    1642

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  36. Nicolas Roland

    Catholic priest, theologian

    1642–1678 · aged 35

    December 8 · 1642

    Source: GCatholic.org

  37. Enrico Zuccalli

    architect

    1642–1724

    1642

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  38. Vincenzo da Filicaja

    writer, poet

    1642–1707 · aged 64

    December 30 · 1642

    Source: SNAC

  39. Anna Katharina Block

    painter, teacher

    1642–1719

    1642

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  40. Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón

    Latin Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1642–1730 · aged 88

    January 3 · 1642

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  41. Abraham van Calraet

    sculptor, painter

    1642–1722 · aged 79

    October 12 · 1642

    Source: Google Arts & Culture

  42. Leonard Plukenet*

    botanist, scientific collector

    Date disputed

    1642

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Michelangelo Palloni*

    painter

    Date disputed

    September 29 · 1642

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  44. Louis I, Prince of Monaco

    politician

    1642–1701 · aged 58

    July 25 · 1642

    Source: Find a Grave

  45. Anna Åkerhjelm

    traveler, writer

    1642–1698 · aged 55

    March 18 · 1642

    No external source identified

  46. Giambattista Rubini

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    1642–1707 · aged 64

    June 5 · 1642

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  47. Miklós Bethlen

    writer, politician

    1642–1716 · aged 74

    September 1 · 1642

    Source: BnF authorities

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