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English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

French botanist (1656-1708)

Kateri Tekakwitha

17th‑century Mohawk Catholic saint, first Indigenous saint of North America (1656–1680)

French composer and viol player (1656–1728)

Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark

queen consort of Sweden (1656–1693)

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)

Guru Har Krishan

The eighth Sikh Guru

Nicolas de Largillière

French painter (1656–1746)

Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein

(1656-1721) Prince of Liechtenstein

François Le Fort

Russian admiral from the Republic of Geneva

Guillaume Dubois

French cardinal and politician (1656-1723)

Robert de Cotte

French architect (1656–1735)

Ferdinand de Marsin

Marshal of France

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

German Bohemian composer

Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg

Duches of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt

Johann Paul von Westhoff

German composer

Johann Michael Rottmayr

Austrian painter (1656-1730)

Francesco Trevisani

Italian painter (1656–1746)

Charles Davenant

British economist (1656-1714)

Saint and educational pioneer

Claude de Forbin Gardane

Senior French naval officer, member of the noble house of Forbin, Forbin Gardane branch. While in the service of the King of Siam he was Grand Admiral and General of the King's armies. He was also the Governor of Bangkok.

William Molyneux

Irish natural philosopher and writer on politics

John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg

Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg

Benoît de Maillet

French naturalists, biologist and diplomat (1656-1738)

Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt

German noble (1656-1715)

French Jesuit active in China

Jan Frans van Douven

Dutch painter (1656-1727)

Giacomo Serpotta

Sicilian Rococo sculptor and stuccoist (1656–1732)

Jean Galbert de Campistron

Anton Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Princely Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and Governor of the Electorate of Saxony

Dutch portrait artist (1656–1687)

Maria Angela Caterina d'Este

Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Dutch mathematician and physicist (1656-1725)

Maximilian Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

German nobleman (1656-1718)

Russian businessman (1656-1725)

Christian Knaut

German botanist (1656-1716)

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland

English politician (1656-1694)

Catharina Cramer

German/Dutch midwife

Hans Caspar von Bothmer

German noble and diplomat (1656-1732)

Chey Chestha III

Cambodian King (1676-1695)

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

Giovanni Battista Bussi

Catholic cardinal (1657-1726)

Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger

Dutch physician and author

Gaetano Veneziano

Italian composer

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey

British diplomat

Maria Selvaggia Borghini

Italian poet (1656-1731)

Claude de Visdelou

French missionary (1656-1737)

Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure

Marshal of France

Antoni de Villarroel

Spanish general

Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury

English politician and memoirist (1656-1741)

Léon Potier de Gesvres

French archbishop (1656-1744)

Petronella Oortman

Dutch art collector

Constantine Phipps

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Grigory Stroganov

Russian statesman (1656-1715)

François Barois

sculptor from France

Pedro Fernandez del Campo y Angulo

Spanish Secretary of State (1656 - 1721)

Eleonore Charlotte of Württemberg-Montbéliard

Duchess of Württemberg-Montbéliard by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Oels (1656-1743)

Gaetano Giulio Zumbo

Italian anatomist (1656–1701)