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Who Was Alive in 1610

12 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1610

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 67
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 63
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 49
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 46
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 46
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 39
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 39
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 33
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 14
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 11
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 11
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 4
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1610

1610–1691 · born April 22
Head of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691

Died in 1610

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter

Also Died in 1610

1553–1610 · died May 14
King of France from 1589 to 1610
1552–1610 · died May 11
Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)
1540–1610 · died December 31
German-Dutch mathematician

Sources

  1. 1610 — 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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