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Born in 1653

52 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Johann Pachelbel

    composer, organist

    1653–1706

    September 1 · 1653

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  2. Prince George, Duke of Cumberland

    Date disputed

    April 21 · 1653

    Source: runeberg.org

  3. Arcangelo Corelli

    violinist, violist

    1653–1713 · aged 59

    February 17 · 1653

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  4. Azam Shah

    monarch

    1653–1707 · aged 53

    June 28 · 1653

    No external source identified

  5. Sarah Good

    beggar, homemaker

    1653–1692 · aged 38

    July 21 · 1653

    Source: Find a Grave

  6. Claudia Felicitas of Austria

    aristocrat

    1653–1676 · aged 22

    May 30 · 1653

    Source: Habsburg, Claudia Felicitas von Tirol (BLKÖ)

  7. Frederick Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

    military personnel

    1653–1728 · aged 74

    April 6 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Eleonore of Austria

    aristocrat

    1653–1697 · aged 44

    May 21 · 1653

    Source: Habsburg, Eleonore Maria von Oesterreich (BLKÖ)

  9. Chikamatsu Monzaemon

    actor, puppet playwright

    1653–1725

    1653

    Source: MAK

  10. André-Hercule de Fleury

    Christian minister, minister

    1653–1743 · aged 89

    June 22 · 1653

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  11. John Benbow

    military officer

    1653–1702 · aged 49

    March 10 · 1653

    Source: SNAC

  12. Claude Louis Hector de Villars

    military personnel, diplomat

    1653–1734 · aged 81

    May 8 · 1653

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  13. Laurens de Graaf

    privateer, pirate

    1653–1704

    1653

    No external source identified

  14. Empress Xiaochengren

    1653–1674 · aged 20

    November 26 · 1653

    No external source identified

  15. Edward Russell

    politician, soldier

    1653–1727

    1653

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  16. Georg Muffat

    organist, composer

    1653–1704 · aged 50

    June 1 · 1653

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  17. Thomas Pitt

    merchant, politician

    1653–1726 · aged 72

    July 5 · 1653

    Source: GeneaStar

  18. Maria Amalia of Courland

    1653–1711 · aged 58

    June 12 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  19. Thomas d'Urfey

    composer, poet

    1653–1723

    1653

    Source: The LiederNet Archive

  20. Abraham van Riebeeck

    politician

    1653–1713 · aged 60

    October 18 · 1653

    Source: Onsland.nl

  21. Queen Anu

    warrior, politician

    1653–1696

    1653

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Carlo Ruzzini

    statesperson, diplomat

    1653–1735 · aged 81

    November 11 · 1653

    Source: SNAC

  23. Gaspar van Wittel

    painter

    1653–1736

    1653

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  24. İsmail Hakkı Bursevî

    writer, composer

    Date disputed

    1653

    No external source identified

  25. Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach

    military personnel, land owner

    1653–1721 · aged 68

    February 23 · 1653

    Source: Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital

  26. Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg

    aristocrat

    1653–1722 · aged 68

    June 30 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  27. Desi Sangye Gyatso

    historian, astrologer

    1653–1705

    1653

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Martín de Ursúa

    conquistador

    1653–1715 · aged 61

    February 22 · 1653

    No external source identified

  29. Nathaniel Lee

    playwright, writer

    1653–1692

    1653

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

    politician, aristocrat

    1653–1707 · aged 54

    January 6 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  31. Joseph Sauveur

    professor, music theorist

    1653–1716 · aged 63

    March 24 · 1653

    Source: La France savante

  32. Passage d San Severine

    Catholic priest

    1653–1721 · aged 68

    March 1 · 1653

    Source: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, 3. edition

  33. François Pétis de la Croix

    writer, diplomat

    1653–1713

    1653

    Source: Open Library

  34. Benedetto Pamphili

    writer, Catholic bishop

    1653–1730 · aged 76

    April 25 · 1653

    Source: RKDartists

  35. Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet

    politician

    1653–1709

    1653

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  36. Abraham Sharp

    mathematician, astronomer

    Date disputed

    1653

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  37. Marie Poussepin

    nun

    1653–1744 · aged 90

    October 4 · 1653

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Takatsukasa Fusako

    1653–1712 · aged 58

    October 12 · 1653

    No external source identified

  39. Joan van Hoorn

    politician

    1653–1711 · aged 57

    November 16 · 1653

    Source: Onsland.nl

  40. Adam Heinrich von Steinau

    military personnel

    1653–1712

    1653

    No external source identified

  41. Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

    organist, composer

    1653–1723

    1653

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  42. Levan of Kartli

    military personnel, royalty

    Date disputed

    1653

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  43. Michel Baron

    writer, playwright

    1653–1729 · aged 76

    October 8 · 1653

    No external source identified

  44. Jacques Basnage

    historian, pastor

    1653–1723

    August 8 · 1653

    Source: SNAC

  45. John Abell

    composer, lutenist

    1653–1724

    1653

    Source: Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

  46. Pietro Antonio Fiocco

    composer

    Date disputed

    February 3 · 1653

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  47. Anton Maria Salvini

    naturalist, classical scholar

    1653–1729 · aged 76

    January 12 · 1653

    Source: FINA Wiki

  48. Domenico Maria De Mari

    banker, politician

    1653–1726

    1653

    No external source identified

  49. Alonso Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1653–1699 · aged 45

    September 21 · 1653

    No external source identified

  50. Daniele Dolfin

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1653–1704 · aged 50

    October 5 · 1653

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  51. Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

    aristocrat

    1653–1694

    November 19 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  52. Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt

    1653–1716 · aged 63

    October 10 · 1653

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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