Who Was Alive in 1612

11 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1612

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 69

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de CervantesAge 65

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Francis Bacon

Francis BaconAge 51

1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought

Philosopher of the scientific method

Galileo Galilei

Galileo GalileiAge 48

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareAge 48

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

Johannes Kepler

Johannes KeplerAge 41

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul RubensAge 35

1577–1640 · Art

Flemish Baroque painter

René Descartes

René DescartesAge 16

1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought

"I think, therefore I am"

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver CromwellAge 13

1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership

Lord Protector of England

Diego Velázquez

Diego VelázquezAge 13

1599–1660 · Art

Spanish painter of Las Meninas

Rembrandt

1606–1669 · Art

Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1612

1612–1640 · born July 27

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640

Also Died in 1612

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

1552–1612 · died January 20

Holy Roman Emperor from 1576 to 1612

Vasili IV of Russia

1552–1612 · died September 12

Tsar of Russia from 1606 to 1610

Giovanni Gabrieli

1557–1612 · died August 12

Italian composer (c. 1554/1557–1612)

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

1563–1612 · died May 24

English government minister (1563–1612)

Sources

1612 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
René Descartes — Wikipedia
Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
Rembrandt — Wikipedia

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