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Who Was Alive in 1602

13 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1602

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth IAge 69
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era
Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 60
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 59
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 55
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 41
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 38
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 38
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 31
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 31
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 25
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 6
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 3
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 3
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas

Also Born in 1602

1602–1686 · born November 20
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602–1686)

Also Died in 1602

1557–1602 · died March 22
Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557–1602)

Sources

  1. 1602 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Elizabeth I — Wikipedia
  3. Akbar — Wikipedia
  4. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  5. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
  6. Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
  7. Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
  8. William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
  9. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  10. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  11. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  12. René Descartes — Wikipedia
  13. Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
  14. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
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