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Who Was Alive in 1616

8 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1616

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 73
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 69
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 52
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 52
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 45
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 20
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 17
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Rembrandt
RembrandtAge 10
1606–1669 · Art
Dutch Golden Age master painter
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