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Who Was Alive in 1611
8 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1611
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Age 68
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Age 64
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Galileo Galilei
Age 47
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
Age 47
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Johannes Kepler
Age 40
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
René Descartes
Age 15
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Age 12
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Rembrandt
Age 5
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter
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