Who Was Alive in 1612

8 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1612

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 69

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de CervantesAge 65

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Galileo GalileiAge 48

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William ShakespeareAge 48

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

Johannes KeplerAge 41

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion

René DescartesAge 16

1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought

"I think, therefore I am"

Oliver CromwellAge 13

1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership

Lord Protector of England

RembrandtAge 6

1606–1669 · Art

Dutch Golden Age master painter