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Who Was Alive in 1603

13 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1603

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth IAge 70
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era
Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 61
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 60
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 56
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 42
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 39
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 39
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 32
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 32
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 26
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 7
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 4
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 4
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas

Died in 1603

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era

Also Died in 1603

1566–1603 · died December 22
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603
1544–1603 · died November 30
English physician and natural philosopher (1544?-1603)
1528–1603 · died February 26
Holy Roman Empress from 1564 to 1576
1541–1603 · died November 16
French theologian and philosopher (1541–1603)

Sources

  1. 1603 — 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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