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Who Was Alive in 1606

12 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1606

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 63
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 59
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 45
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 42
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 42
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 35
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 35
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 29
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 10
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 7
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 7
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 0
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Born in 1606

Rembrandt
Rembrandt
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1606

1606–1684 · born June 6
French tragedian (1606–1684)

Also Died in 1606

1570–1606 · died January 31
English participant in the Gunpowder Plot (1570–1606)
1563–1606 · died May 30
Fifth Sikh guru from 1581 to 1606
1548–1606 · died September 2
Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606)

Sources

  1. 1606 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  3. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
  4. Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
  5. Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
  6. William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
  7. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  8. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  9. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  10. René Descartes — Wikipedia
  11. Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
  12. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
  13. Rembrandt — Wikipedia
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