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Born in 1666

55 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Guru Gobind Singh

    philosopher, guru

    1666–1708 · aged 41

    December 22 · 1666

    No external source identified

  2. Ivan V of Russia

    monarch

    1666–1696 · aged 29

    September 6 · 1666

    Source: Q20830034

  3. Sophia Dorothea of Celle

    socialite, politician

    1666–1726 · aged 60

    September 15 · 1666

    Source: FemBio database

  4. Victor Amadeus II of Savoy

    politician

    1666–1732 · aged 66

    May 14 · 1666

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Marie Anne de Bourbon

    aristocrat

    1666–1739 · aged 72

    October 2 · 1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Mary Astell

    writer, philosopher

    1666–1731 · aged 64

    November 12 · 1666

    Source: FemBio database

  7. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma

    aristocrat

    1666–1693 · aged 27

    August 12 · 1666

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque

    military personnel

    1666–1733

    November 17 · 1666

    No external source identified

  9. Marie Thérèse de Bourbon

    companion

    1666–1732

    February 1 · 1666

    Source: Genealogics

  10. Stephen Gray

    astronomer, physicist

    1666–1736

    1666

    No external source identified

  11. Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    military personnel, general field marshal

    Date disputed

    December 13 · 1666

    Source: The Peerage

  12. Maria Sofia of Neuburg

    monarch

    1666–1699 · aged 32

    August 6 · 1666

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  13. Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan

    military officer, anthropologist

    1666–1716

    June 9 · 1666

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

    military personnel

    1666–1737 · aged 70

    February 9 · 1666

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  15. Antonio Maria Valsalva

    anatomist, physician

    1666–1723 · aged 56

    June 17 · 1666

    Source: University of Paris

  16. Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

    politician, judge

    1666–1732 · aged 65

    July 23 · 1666

    Source: SNAC

  17. Jean-Féry Rebel

    harpsichordist, composer

    1666–1747 · aged 80

    April 18 · 1666

    Source: SNAC

  18. Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha

    writer, poet

    1666–1730

    1666

    No external source identified

  19. Christian Davies

    sutler, entrepreneur

    Date disputed

    1666

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  20. Carl Gustaf Armfeldt

    military officer

    1666–1733

    November 9 · 1666

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  21. Count Claude Florimond de Mercy

    general field marshal, military officer

    1666–1734

    1666

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  22. Ogyū Sorai

    linguist, philosopher

    1666–1728 · aged 61

    March 21 · 1666

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  23. Pierre Le Gros the Younger

    sculptor

    1666–1719 · aged 53

    April 12 · 1666

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  24. Sarah Kemble Knight

    writer, poet

    1666–1727 · aged 61

    April 19 · 1666

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  25. William Cowper

    anatomist, physician

    1666–1709

    1666

    Source: International Standard Name Identifier

  26. Francisco Ximénez

    naturalist, translator

    1666–1730

    November 23 · 1666

    No external source identified

  27. George Granville

    writer, playwright

    1666–1735

    March 9 · 1666

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  28. George Bähr

    architect

    1666–1738 · aged 72

    March 15 · 1666

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  29. Gottfried Arnold

    parson, theologian

    1666–1714 · aged 47

    September 5 · 1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Attilio Ariosti

    organist, viola d'amore player

    1666–1729

    November 5 · 1666

    Source: SNAC

  31. Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski

    diplomat, military leader

    1666–1726

    1666

    Source: MAK

  32. Jeanne Delanoue

    nun, founder of Catholic religious community

    1666–1736 · aged 70

    June 18 · 1666

    Source: GCatholic.org

  33. Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli

    sculptor

    1666–1744 · aged 78

    January 11 · 1666

    No external source identified

  34. Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz

    bishop, Catholic bishop

    1666–1725 · aged 58

    October 9 · 1666

    Source: The Peerage

  35. John Harris

    theologian, writer

    1666–1719

    1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Benedetto Luti

    painter

    1666–1724 · aged 57

    November 17 · 1666

    Source: RKDartists

  37. Aliquli Jabbadar

    painter

    1666–date unavailable

    1666

    No external source identified

  38. Antonio Balestra

    copper engraver, draftsperson

    1666–1740 · aged 73

    August 12 · 1666

    Source: KulturNav

  39. Princess Henriette Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau

    regent

    1666–1726 · aged 59

    August 16 · 1666

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  40. William Hyacinth, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

    1666–1743 · aged 77

    February 18 · 1666

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  41. José Patiño

    politician, diplomat

    Date disputed

    April 11 · 1666

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  42. Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri

    artisan, musical instrument maker

    1666–1739

    November 25 · 1666

    No external source identified

  43. Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    collector

    1666–1751 · aged 84

    December 16 · 1666

    Source: The Peerage

  44. Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

    count palatine, feudatory

    Date disputed

    August 13 · 1666

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  45. John William III of Saxe-Eisenach

    aristocrat

    1666–1729

    October 17 · 1666

    Source: The Peerage

  46. Francesco Scarlatti

    composer

    1666–1741

    December 5 · 1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. Johann Heinrich Buttstett

    composer, independent publisher

    1666–1727 · aged 61

    April 25 · 1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Jean d'Estrées

    politician, diplomat

    1666–1718

    1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  49. Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl

    painter

    1666–1729 · aged 63

    September 4 · 1666

    Source: GeneaStar

  50. Giovanna Fratellini

    painter

    1666–1731

    1666

    Source: FemBio database

  51. Johann Leonhard Frisch

    lexicographer, ornithologist

    1666–1743 · aged 77

    March 19 · 1666

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  52. Antoine Parent

    physicist, mathematician

    1666–1716 · aged 50

    September 16 · 1666

    Source: BnF authorities

  53. Marie-Thérèse de Subligny

    ballet dancer, dancer

    1666–1735

    July 16 · 1666

    Source: CESAR - Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime et la Révolution

  54. Robert Le Lorrain

    sculptor

    1666–1743 · aged 76

    November 15 · 1666

    Source: Le Lorrain, Robert

  55. Cesare De Franchi Toso

    politician

    1666–1739

    1666

    No external source identified

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