1
John Smith
(Explorer)
55
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Died: June 21, 1631
2
Willebrord Snell
(Astronomer & Mathematician)
15
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leiden, Dutch Republic
Died: October 30, 1626
3
Peter Minuit
(Colonial Governor)
1
0
Listed In: Government Officials
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Wesel, Germany
Died: August 5, 1638
4
Francisco de Quevedo
(Spanish Politician and One of the Greatest Poets of the Spanish Golden Age)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: September 8, 1645
5
Dirk Hartog
(explorer)
2
0
Listed In: Sailors
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Amsterdam
Died: October 11, 1621
6
Thomas Middleton
(Playwright, Poet, Writer)
2
0
7
Jan Baptista van Helmont
(Belgian Physician and Chemist Who First Identified Carbon Dioxide)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: December 30, 1644
8
John Billington
(One of The Signers of 'The Mayflower Compact')
3
1
Listed In: Murderers
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Died: September 30, 1630
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Peter Claver
(Spanish Jesuit Missionary and Priest)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Verdú, Spain
Died: September 8, 1654
10
Ernst von Mansfeld
(General)
2
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Died: November 29, 1626
11
Gábor Bethlen
(King of Hungary (1620 - 1621))
0
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ilia, Romania
Died: November 15, 1629
12
Edward Fairfax
(Ttranslator)
1
0
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: 1635 AD
13
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
(Politician)
0
1
14
George Silver
(Fencer)
0
0
15
Pierre Vernier
(Mathematician)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ornans, France
Died: September 14, 1637
16
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
(Poet)
1
0
17
Samuel Argall
(Adventurer)
0
0
18
Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven
(Noblewoman)
0
0
19
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
(French Astronomer Who Discovered the ‘Orion Nebula’ (1610))
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Belgentier, France
Died: June 24, 1637
20
Philipp Clüver
(German Geographer and Historian)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: December 31, 1622
21
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos
(Courtier)
0
0
22
Idris Alooma
(King of the Kanem-Bornu Empire)
0
0
23
John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol
(Diplomat)
0
0
Listed In: Diplomats
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: England
Died: January 16, 1653
24
Nicolae Pătrașcu
(Prince of Wallachia)
0
0
25
Thomas Warner
(Captain in the guards of James I of England who became an explorer in the Caribbean)
0
0
26
Michael East
(Organist)
0
0
27
Rodrigo Calderón, Count of Oliva
(Minister)
0
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: October 21, 1621
28
Daniel Heinsius
(Scholar)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 9th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium
Died: February 25, 1655
