Who was alive in 1660?

830 well-known people were alive in 1660, including Isaac Newton, Molière, John Locke. Here are the 80 most notable:

Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Benedictus de Spinoza (1632–1677) — Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) — Spanish painter (1599-1660)
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) — English philosopher (1588–1679)
John Milton (1608–1674) — English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) — French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) — English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) — Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
Jean Racine (1639–1699) — French dramatist (1639-1699)
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) — Dutch painter (1632–1675)
Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665) — French mathematician and lawyer
Robert Boyle (1627–1691) — Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) — Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) — French tragedian (1606–1684)
Charles Perrault (1628–1703) — French author (1628-1703)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) — Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
Robert Hooke (1635–1703) — English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
Shah Jahan (1592–1666) — the fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
Edmond Halley (1656–1742) — English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) — Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) — French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)
Charles II of England (1630–1685) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685 (1630-1685)
John Dryden (1631–1700) — 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)
Aurangzeb (1618–1707) — the sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
William III of England (1650–1702) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702 (1650-1702)
Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) — French painter (1594-1665)
James II of England (1633–1701) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)
Christina of Sweden (1626–1689) — Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)
Clement XII (1652–1740) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
George I of Great Britain (1660–1727) — King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727
Innocent XI (1611–1689) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689
John III Sobieski (1629–1696) — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1629–1696)
Christopher Wren (1632–1723) — English architect (1632–1723)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) — French poet and critic (1636–1711)
Cardinal Mazarin (1602–1661) — French cardinal and statesman
Philip IV of Spain (1605–1665) — King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)
Benedict XIII (1649–1730) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) — Spanish painter (1598–1664)
Innocent XII (1615–1700) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700
John Bunyan (1628–1688) — English Christian writer and preacher (1628-1688)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) — Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Alexander VII (1599–1667) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) — Spanish Baroque painter (1617–1682)
Clement XI (1649–1721) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721
Innocent XIII (1655–1724) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724
Clement X (1590–1676) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676 (1590-1676)
Alexander VIII (1610–1691) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691
Ole Rømer (1644–1710) — Danish astronomer (*1644 – †1710)
Clement IX (1600–1669) — pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669
Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) — 17th-century French writer and philosopher (1645–1696)
Jacob Bernoulli (1654–1705) — Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) — Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) — British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)
Alexei I of Russia (1629–1676) — Tsar of Russia (1645–1676)
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695) — Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705) — Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia (1640–1705)
Mehmed IV (1642–1693) — 19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648–1687)
Suleiman II (1642–1691) — 20th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1687–1691)
Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) — French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) — German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1627–1680) — Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) — Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)
François Fénelon (1651–1715) — French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)
Frans Hals (1582–1666) — Dutch painter (1580–1666)
Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709) — Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708
Ahmed II (1643–1695) — 21th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1691–1695)
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) — English composer (1659–1695)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) — French statesman (1619–1683)
William Penn (1644–1718) — English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) — Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713)
Francesco Borromini (1599–1667) — Italian architect from Ticino and leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture (1599-1667), sculptor, engineer, stonemason and draughtsman (1599–1667)
Vincent de Paul (1581–1660) — French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) — astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon

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