Who Was Alive in 1605

Akbar the GreatAge 63

1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership

Mughal emperor who unified India

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 62

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de CervantesAge 58

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Galileo GalileiAge 41

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William ShakespeareAge 41

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

CaravaggioAge 34

1571–1610 · Art

Revolutionary Baroque painter

Johannes KeplerAge 34

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion

René DescartesAge 9

1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought

"I think, therefore I am"

Oliver CromwellAge 6

1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership

Lord Protector of England