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Who Was Alive in 1615

11 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1615

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 72
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
 Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 68
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
 Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 54
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
 Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 51
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
 William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 51
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
 Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 44
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
 Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 38
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
 René Descartes
René DescartesAge 19
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
 Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 16
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
 Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 16
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
 Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 9
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Also Born in 1615

Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire
1615–1648 · born November 5
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648

Also Died in 1615

Margaret of Valois
1553–1615 · died March 27
Queen of France (1589–1599) and Navarre (1572–1599)
Hans von Aachen
1552–1615 · died March 4
German painter (1552–1615)

Sources

  1. 1615 — 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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