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Walter Raleigh

1552 – 1618

Explorer, Poet, Writer, Knight, Politician, Seafarer

Sir Walter Raleigh (; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era,…

Ahmed I

1590 – 1617

Ruler, Writer, Poet, Sultan

Ahmed I (Ottoman Turkish: احمد اول Aḥmed-i evvel; Turkish: I. Ahmed; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his…

John Napier

1550 – 1617

Theologian, Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, Inventor, Astrologer

John Napier of Merchiston ( NAY-pee-ər; Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner k…

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1543 – 1616

Samurai

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa sho…

William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

Playwright, Poet, Stage actor, Writer, Actor, Dramaturge

William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English la…

Miguel de Cervantes

1547 – 1616

Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Lyricist, Soldier, Writer

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -⁠tiz; Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes sa(.a)ˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish wri…

El Greco

1541 – 1614

Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Architectural drafter, Printmaker

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, pronounced [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco…

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

1552 – 1612

Politician, Art collector, Monarch

Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/…

Henry Hudson

1565 – 1611

Explorer, Seafarer

Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of pr…

Caravaggio

1571 – 1610

Painter

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, wa…

Henry IV of France

1553 – 1610

Politician, Monarch, Military commander

Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (le Bon Roi Henri) or Henry the Great (Henri le Grand),…

Guy Fawkes

1570 – 1606

Military personnel, Soldier, Military officer, Politician

Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholi…

Akbar

1542 – 1605

Monarch

Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, (1542-10-15)15 October 1542 – (1605-10-27)27 October 1605), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who…

Pope Leo XI

1535 – 1605

Diplomat, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Pope Leo XI (Italian: Leone XI; 2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal St…

Boris Godunov

1552 – 1605

Politician, Oprichnik

Boris Feodorovich Godunov (; Russian: Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в, pronounced [bɐˈrʲis ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪdʑ ɡədʊˈnof]; 12 August [O.S. 2 August] 1552 – 23 April [O.S. 1…

Pope Clement VIII

1536 – 1605

Diplomat, Catholic priest, Jurist, Legatus

Pope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; Italian: Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church an…

Mehmed III

1566 – 1603

Ruler, Sultan

Mehmed III (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثالث, Meḥmed-i sālis; Turkish: III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 unt…

William Gilbert

1544 – 1603

Philosopher, Physician, Engineer, Physicist, Astronomer, Naturalist

William Gilbert (; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejecte…

Elizabeth I

1533 – 1603

Queen

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reig…

Tycho Brahe

1546 – 1601

Astronomer, Autobiographer, Poet, Astrologer, Alchemist, Writer

Tycho Brahe ( TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə); Danish: [ˈtsʰykʰo ˈpʁɑːə] ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: [ˈtsʰyːjə ˈʌtəsn̩ ˈpʁɑːə]; 14 December 1546 – 24 Oct…