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Who Was Alive in 1604

12 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1604

Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 62
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 61
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 57
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 43
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 40
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 40
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 33
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 33
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 27
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 8
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 5
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 5
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas

Also Born in 1604

1604–1622 · born November 3
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 to 1622
1604–1656 · born March 19
King of Portugal from 1640 to 1656

Sources

  1. 1604 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Akbar — Wikipedia
  3. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  4. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
  5. Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
  6. Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
  7. William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
  8. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  9. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  10. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  11. René Descartes — Wikipedia
  12. Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
  13. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
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