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Born in 1655

47 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Charles XI of Sweden

    monarch

    1655–1697

    November 24 · 1655

    Source: Find a Grave

  2. Jacob Bernoulli

    university teacher, physicist

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Bartolomeo Cristofori

    musical instrument maker, piano maker

    1655–1731 · aged 75

    May 4 · 1655

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  4. Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg

    queen regnant

    1655–1720 · aged 65

    January 6 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Innocent XIII

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1655–1724 · aged 68

    May 13 · 1655

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  6. Zumbi

    freedom fighter, resistance fighter

    1655–1695

    1655

    No external source identified

  7. Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

    military personnel

    1655–1707 · aged 51

    April 8 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Patrick Sarsfield

    politician, military officer

    1655–1693

    1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Bernard de Montfaucon

    art historian, historian

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1655

    Source: Persée

  10. Christian Thomasius

    jurist, writer

    1655–1728 · aged 73

    January 1 · 1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Rinaldo d'Este

    Catholic priest

    1655–1737 · aged 82

    April 26 · 1655

    Source: SNAC

  12. Caspar Bartholin the Younger

    archaeologist, university teacher

    1655–1738 · aged 82

    September 10 · 1655

    Source: SNAC

  13. Philippe, Duke of Vendôme

    military personnel, soldier

    1655–1727 · aged 71

    August 23 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

    soldier, politician

    1655–1715 · aged 60

    July 12 · 1655

    Source: The Peerage

  15. Ferdinand Kettler

    politician, aristocrat

    Date disputed

    November 1 · 1655

    Source: The Peerage

  16. Charles, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg

    aristocrat, military officer

    1655–1674 · aged 19

    February 16 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Johann Christoph Denner

    inventor, musical instrument maker

    1655–1707

    August 13 · 1655

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  18. Nalan Xingde

    politician, writer

    1655–1685 · aged 30

    January 19 · 1655

    No external source identified

  19. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

    1655–1721 · aged 65

    December 14 · 1655

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Anna Isabella Gonzaga

    politician

    1655–1703 · aged 48

    February 12 · 1655

    No external source identified

  21. Antonio Palomino

    painter, art historian

    1655–1726 · aged 70

    December 1 · 1655

    Source: Galiciana

  22. Mustafa Naima

    historian, chronicler

    1655–1716

    1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. De Lafontaine

    ballet dancer, dancer

    1655–1738

    1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Cornelius Cruys

    naval officer, map drawer

    1655–1727 · aged 72

    June 14 · 1655

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  25. Fra Galgario

    friar, painter

    1655–1743

    1655

    Source: RKDartists

  26. Jean-François Regnard

    playwright, poet

    1655–1709 · aged 54

    February 7 · 1655

    Source: Roglo

  27. Lothair Francis of Schönborn

    Catholic deacon, chancellor

    1655–1729 · aged 73

    October 4 · 1655

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  28. Carl Gustaf Roos

    military officer

    1655–1722 · aged 66

    December 25 · 1655

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  29. Ferdinand August of Lobkowicz

    diplomat

    1655–1715 · aged 60

    September 7 · 1655

    Source: Lobkowitz, Ferdinand August Leopold Fürst (BLKÖ)

  30. Christoph Dientzenhofer

    architect, general contractor

    1655–1722 · aged 66

    July 7 · 1655

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  31. Gregorio Lazzarini

    painter

    Date disputed

    1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. David von Krafft

    miniature painter, court artist

    1655–1724

    1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  33. Sébastien de Brossard

    Catholic priest, bibliophile

    1655–1730

    1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Antonio Molinari

    graphic artist, artist

    1655–1704 · aged 49

    January 21 · 1655

    Source: Molinari, Antonio

  35. Johann Beer

    librarian, music theorist

    1655–1700 · aged 45

    February 28 · 1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Thomas of Cori

    presbyter

    1655–1729 · aged 73

    June 4 · 1655

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  37. August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig

    aristocrat

    1655–1715 · aged 60

    February 15 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Pietro Giovanni Guarneri

    luthier, musical instrument maker

    1655–1720 · aged 65

    February 18 · 1655

    No external source identified

  39. Vincenzo Grimani

    diplomat, writer

    Date disputed

    May 26 · 1655

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  40. Carel de Moor

    painter, visual artist

    1655–1738 · aged 82

    February 25 · 1655

    Source: Moor, Karel de

  41. Louis le Comte

    cleric, geographer

    1655–1728

    1655

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  42. Frederick Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

    aristocrat

    1655–1728 · aged 72

    August 26 · 1655

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1655–1746 · aged 90

    November 15 · 1655

    Source: SNAC

  44. René-Aubert Vertot

    writer, historian

    1655–1735 · aged 79

    November 25 · 1655

    Source: La France savante

  45. Domenico Guglielmini

    university teacher, naturalist

    1655–1710

    September 27 · 1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld

    linguist, slavist

    1655–1727 · aged 71

    July 17 · 1655

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. Hacı Halil Pasha

    politician

    1655–1733

    1655

    No external source identified

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