people/1600s

Italian monk, historian and scholar (1609–1685)

Dutch jurist and writer

Hungarian historian

English Royalist judge

French courtier (1600–1679)

German alchemist

Japanese daimyo

French Catholic nun (1602–1634)

17th-century English politician

Dutch Golden Age painter

Italian noblewoman (1601–1658)

French artist (1604-1675)

Italian painter (1604–1687)

Scottish earl (1609–1655)

16th-century English actor and theatre sharer

17th-century Portuguese diplomat and missionary

Polish prior

English translator (fl. 1577–1598)

English churchman and academic

Italian philosopher and theologian

Maratha general (1608–1665)

Early 1600s mariner and explorer

Italian painter (1609-1679)

Icelandic bishop and scholar (1605–1675)

English clergyman

French diplomat

French abbé, philosopher and poet

French midwife (1601–1679)

Italian painter (1601–1661)

English clergyman

English clergyman and theologian

Italian composer

English politician

Mayflower passenger

French secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots

17th-century English writer

English bookseller and publisher

Dutch landowner (1600–c. 1662)

Dutch Golden Age glass painter (1603–1678)

Samurai and second daimyō of Sendai (1600-1658)

English scientist (1604 - 1689)