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Who Was Alive in 1616

11 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1616

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 73
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 69
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 55
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 52
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 52
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 45
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 39
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 20
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 17
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 17
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 10
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter

Died in 1616

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Also Died in 1616

1539–1616 · died April 23
Writer, soldier, Spanish noble of Inca descent
1548–1616 · died August 7
Italian architect (1548–1616)
1584–1616 · died March 6
English playwright (1584–1616)

Sources

  1. 1616 — 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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