Who was alive in 1600?

804 well-known people were alive in 1600, including William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes. Here are the 80 most notable:

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) — Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) — German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) — Flemish painter (1577–1640)
Akbar (1542–1605) — the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) — Spanish painter (1599-1660)
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) — English philosopher (1588–1679)
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
Lope de Vega (1562–1635) — Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) — English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) — Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
El Greco (1541–1614) — Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
Caravaggio (1571–1610) — Italian painter (1571–1610)
Charles I of England (1600–1649) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) — Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) — French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
Henry IV of France (1553–1610) — King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
John Donne (1572–1631) — English poet and cleric (1572-1631)
Shah Jahan (1592–1666) — the fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) — Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
James VI and I (1566–1625) — King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) — Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)
William Harvey (1578–1657) — English physician (1578-1657)
Urban VIII (1568–1644) — 235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) — French painter (1594-1665)
Paul V (1552–1621) — 233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) — English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) — Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
Leo XI (1535–1605) — pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) — founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
John Napier (1550–1617) — Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) — Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
Gregory XV (1554–1623) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554–1623)
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632) — Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) — Flemish Baroque artist (1599–1641)
Clement VIII (1536–1605) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 (1536–1605)
Abbas the Great (1571–1629) — Shah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)
Francisco Quevedo (1584–1645) — Spanish writer (1580-1645)
Innocent X (1574–1655) — pope from 1644 to 1655
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) — Spanish painter (1598–1664)
Jahangir I (1569–1627) — the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) — Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Alexander VII (1599–1667) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667
Clement X (1590–1676) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676 (1590-1676)
Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) — English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Clement IX (1600–1669) — pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669
Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639) — Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)
Philip III of Spain (1578–1621) — King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal (1578-1621)
Ahmed I (1590–1617) — 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1603–1617)
Mehmed III (1566–1603) — 13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595–1603)
Francis de Sales (1567–1622) — French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653) — Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)
William Gilbert (1544–1603) — English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)
Boris Godunov (1552–1605) — Russian Tsar (1598–1605)
Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635) — 16/17th-century French explorer of North America
Iskandar Muda (1583–1636) — Sultan of Aceh
Mustafa I (1591–1639) — 15th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1617–1618, 1622–1623)
Michael I of Russia (1596–1645) — Tsar of Russia (1613–1645)
Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612) — Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1552-1612)
Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) — English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
Henry Hudson (1565–1611) — English explorer b1565
Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) — King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578–1637) — Holy Roman Emperor
Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631) — Mughal empress
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595–1657) — Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship
Margaret of Valois (1553–1615) — Queen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615).
Frans Hals (1582–1666) — Dutch painter (1580–1666)
Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652) — Spanish painter (1591–1652)
François Viète (1540–1603) — French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)
Marie de' Medici (1575–1642) — Queen of France (1575-1642); second wife of King Henry IV of France
Christian IV of Denmark (1577–1648) — king of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648)
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625) — Italian painter (c.1532-1625)
George Herbert (1593–1633) — Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633)
Pocahontas (1596–1617) — American native woman
Francesco Borromini (1599–1667) — Italian architect from Ticino and leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture (1599-1667), sculptor, engineer, stonemason and draughtsman (1599–1667)
Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) — Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)

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