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Born in 1661

50 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Charles II of Spain

    ruler

    1661–1700 · aged 38

    November 6 · 1661

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  2. Louis, Grand Dauphin

    prelate

    1661–1711 · aged 49

    November 1 · 1661

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  3. Jahandar Shah

    politician

    1661–1713 · aged 51

    May 9 · 1661

    No external source identified

  4. Feodor III of Russia

    monarch

    1661–1682 · aged 20

    June 9 · 1661

    Source: RKDartists

  5. Sukjong of Joseon

    king

    Date disputed

    August 15 · 1661

    No external source identified

  6. Guillaume de l'Hôpital

    mathematician

    1661–1704

    1661

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  7. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

    politician, collector

    1661–1724 · aged 62

    December 5 · 1661

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  8. Nicholas Hawksmoor

    architect

    1661–1736

    1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  9. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

    explorer, sailor

    1661–1706 · aged 44

    July 16 · 1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges

    lady-in-waiting, aristocrat

    1661–1681 · aged 19

    July 27 · 1661

    Source: GeneaStar

  11. Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

    politician, poet

    1661–1715 · aged 54

    April 16 · 1661

    Source: SNAC

  12. Suriyenthrathibodi

    military officer, politician

    1661–1708

    1661

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  13. Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon

    politician, governor

    1661–1723

    November 28 · 1661

    Source: Find a Grave

  14. Louis Armand I, Prince de Conti

    aristocrat

    1661–1685 · aged 24

    April 30 · 1661

    No external source identified

  15. Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg

    lieutenant general, art collector

    1661–1747 · aged 85

    August 8 · 1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  16. Elmas Mehmed Paşa

    politician

    1661–1697

    1661

    No external source identified

  17. Georg Böhm

    organist, composer

    1661–1733 · aged 71

    September 2 · 1661

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  18. Fyodor Apraksin

    military personnel

    1661–1728 · aged 66

    December 7 · 1661

    No external source identified

  19. Ingyeong

    consort

    Date disputed

    September 3 · 1661

    No external source identified

  20. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine

    military officer, statesperson

    1661–1742 · aged 81

    November 4 · 1661

    Source: The Peerage

  21. Christopher Polhem

    mathematician, entrepreneur

    1661–1751 · aged 89

    December 18 · 1661

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  22. Anne Dieu-le-Veut

    pirate

    1661–1710 · aged 48

    August 28 · 1661

    Source: GeneaStar

  23. Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Georg Joseph Kamel

    ornithologist, botanist

    1661–1706 · aged 45

    April 21 · 1661

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  25. Daniel Marot

    etcher, ceramics designer

    1661–1752

    1661

    Source: Early Modern Letters Online

  26. Antoine Coypel

    printmaker, draftsperson

    1661–1722 · aged 60

    April 11 · 1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Charles Rollin

    professor, writer

    1661–1741 · aged 80

    January 30 · 1661

    Source: Enciclopedia Treccani

  28. Alexandre-François Desportes

    painter, draftsperson

    1661–1743 · aged 82

    February 24 · 1661

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  29. Giacomo Antonio Perti

    chapelmaster, conductor

    1661–1756 · aged 94

    June 6 · 1661

    Source: SNAC

  30. Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel

    1661–1683 · aged 21

    November 18 · 1661

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Melchior de Polignac

    philologist, cleric

    1661–1742 · aged 81

    October 11 · 1661

    Source: La France savante

  32. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    ruler

    1661–1705 · aged 43

    November 28 · 1661

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  33. Takarai Kikaku

    writer, haiku poet

    1661–1707 · aged 45

    August 11 · 1661

    No external source identified

  34. Henri Desmarets

    choreographer, composer

    1661–1741

    1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  35. Antonio Vallisneri

    physician, geologist

    1661–1730 · aged 68

    May 3 · 1661

    Source: SNAC

  36. Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

    aristocrat, general field marshal

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1661

    No external source identified

  37. Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

    ruler

    1661–1708 · aged 46

    July 29 · 1661

    No external source identified

  38. Samuel Garth

    writer, physician

    1661–1719

    1661

    Source: Royal Academy of Arts

  39. Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

    aristocrat, politician

    1661–1731 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1661

    Source: Find a Grave

  40. Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt

    aristocrat

    1661–1712 · aged 51

    May 7 · 1661

    Source: The Peerage

  41. Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

    aristocrat

    1661–1738

    September 2 · 1661

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

    regent

    1661–1720

    November 13 · 1661

    Source: The Peerage

  43. Alida Withoos

    botanical illustrator, painter

    1661–1730

    1661

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  44. Michel Le Quien

    theologian, orientalist

    1661–1733

    October 8 · 1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Naghach Hovnatan

    poet, ashik

    1661–1722

    1661

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  46. Florent Carton Dancourt

    actor, writer

    1661–1725 · aged 64

    November 1 · 1661

    Source: SNAC

  47. Claude Buffier

    historian, cartographer

    1661–1737 · aged 75

    May 25 · 1661

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  48. Peter van Dievoet

    sculptor, architect

    1661–1729

    1661

    No external source identified

  49. Benoît Audran the Elder

    printmaker, engraver

    1661–1721 · aged 59

    November 22 · 1661

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Gunno Dahlstierna

    writer, mathematician

    1661–1709 · aged 48

    September 7 · 1661

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

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