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Who Was Alive in 1613

8 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1613

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 70
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 66
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 49
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 49
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 42
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 17
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 14
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 7
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter
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