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the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)

Anne Bradstreet

Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)

Pierre Mignard I

French painter (1612-1695)

Antoine Arnauld

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician (1612-1694)

Saskia van Uylenburgh

wife of Rembrandt van Rijn

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War (1612-1671)

Dorgon (17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650) was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci (the founder of the Later Jin dynasty, which was the predecessor of the Qing), Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Mongols, the Koreans, and the Ming dynasty during the reign of Hong Taiji (his eighth brother) who succeeded their father.

Chinese general and rebel (1612-1678)

Odoardo Farnese

Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1622 to 1646

Margherita de' Medici

Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza

Jeremi Wiśniowiecki

Polish-Lithuanian politician (1612-1651)

Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Electress of Saxony by marriage

Claude Françoise de Lorraine

Princess of Lorraine

Janusz Radziwiłł

diplomat (1612-1655)

Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn

Dutch linguist (1612–1653)

John Albert Vasa

Catholic cardinal

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1612–1680)

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1612-1650)

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Şehzade Bayezid

Son of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I

Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz

Stadtholder of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe (1612-1640)

Louis, Duke of Vendôme

Duke of Vendôme

Pier Francesco Mola

Swiss painter (1612-1666)

Simone Cantarini

Italian etcher and painter (1612-1648)

James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond

Scottish noble and admiral (1612-1655)

Nicolas Chorier

French historian,lawyer and writer

Abraham Calovius

German theologian

Sultana of Aceh

mathematician, priest

Thomas Killigrew

English dramatist and theatre manager; (1612-1683)

David Ryckaert III

Flemish painter (1612-1661)

Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve

founder of the city of Montreal

Danish poet, theologian, philosopher and writer

Constantin Cantemir

Ruler of Moldavia

Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp

Dutch painter (1612-1652)

Flemish painter (1612-1659)

Crown Prince Sohyeon

Korean crown prince (1612-1645)

Joannes Meyssens

Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and printer (1612-1670)

Justus Georg Schottel

German grammarian

Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria

Catholic cardinal (1612-1693)

Ludovico Marracci

Italian priest (1612-1700)

Swedish general

Tenjiku Tokubei

17th-century Japanese trader or traveler, who become a magician character in Kabuki.

Italian cardinal

Vincenzo Costaguti

Catholic cardinal

Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder

French painter (1612-1689)

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington

English politician

William Gascoigne

English astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker

Chinese poet (1612-1672)

Dutch poet, playwright, glassmaker, theatre stage-manager and director (1610/12-1667)

Italian artist (1611–1650)

Italian cardinal

French historian (1612-1681)

Lorenzo Imperiali

Italian cardinal (1612–1673)

adopted son of Miyamoto Musashi

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1612-1688)

Łukasz Opaliński

Polish nobleman

Italian painter (1612-1676)

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

English politician

Nicolas Chaperon

French painter (1612-1656)