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Who Was Alive in 1609

12 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1609

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 66
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 62
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 48
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 45
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 45
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 38
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 38
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 32
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 13
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 10
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 10
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 3
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1609

1609–1670 · born March 18
King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670
1609–1672 · born March 22
Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1648 to 1668
1609–1669 · born November 25
Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649

Also Died in 1609

1560–1609 · died July 15
Bolognese painter (1560–1609)
1512–1609 · died September 17
Czech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609)

Sources

  1. 1609 — 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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