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Who Was Alive in 1611

11 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1611

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 68
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 64
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 50
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 47
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 47
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 40
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 34
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 15
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 12
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 12
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 5
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1611

1611–1689 · born May 16
Head of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689
1611–1682 · born March 25
Turkish traveler and writer (1611–1684)
1611–1687 · born January 28
Astronomer from Danzig (1611–1687)
1611–1644 · born February 6
Emperor of China from 1627 to 1644

Also Died in 1611

1550–1611 · died October 30
King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611
1548–1611 · died August 20
Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)
1548–1611 · died August 27
Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)

Sources

  1. 1611 — 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. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  8. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  9. René Descartes — Wikipedia
  10. Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
  11. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
  12. Rembrandt — Wikipedia
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