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Charles II of Spain

king of Spain, lived (1661-1700)

Feodor III of Russia

Tsar of Russia (1676–1682)

Guillaume de l'Hôpital

French noble and mathematician (*1661 – †1704)

Louis, Grand Dauphin

Dauphin of France (1661–1711), eldest legitime son and heir apparent (dead before succession) of Louis XIV, King of France, and of María Teresa de Austria, Queen consort of France

the eighth Mughal Emperor from 1712 to 1713

Sukjong of Joseon

19th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

Christopher Polhem

Swedish inventor (1661-1751)

Fyodor Apraksin

Russian Governor, Military commander and first Admiral (1661-1728)

German composer and organist

Nicholas Hawksmoor

British architect (1661–1736)

French historian and educator (1661–1741)

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine

Elector Palatine, Duke of Jülich and Berg and Count Palatine of Neuburg (1661-1742)

Francesco Gasparini

Italian composer and teacher (1668-1727)

Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1661-1731)

Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges

mistress of Louis XIV

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Italian composer (1661-1756)

French architect and furniture designer (1661-1752)

Georg Joseph Kamel

Czech pharmacist, botanist and missionary (1661-1706)

French painter (1661-1722)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

French soldier, ship captain, explorer, and founder of Louisiana (1661-1706)

Louis Armand I, Prince de Conti

French aristocrat (1661-1685)

Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg

German art collector, field marschal and Imperial Count of the Holy Roman Empire (1661-1747)

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

English politician (1661-1724)

Antonio Vallisneri

Italian scientist (1661-1730)

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

English politician and noble (1661-1715)

Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel

Naghach Hovnatan

Iranian Armenian poet and painter (1661-1722)

Melchior de Polignac

French diplomat and cardinal (1661-1742)

Elmas Mehmed Paşa

Ottoman grand vizier (1661–1697)

Michel Le Quien

French historian and theologian (1661-1733)

Henri Desmarets

French composer (1661-1741)

Florent Carton Dancourt

French actor (1661-1725)

Alexandre-François Desportes

French painter (1661–1743)

Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

British countess and poet (1661-1720)

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon

English military officer, governor of New York and New Jersey (1661-1723)

Suriyenthrathibodi

King Suriyenthrathibodi () or Luang Sorasak ()—was originally named Duea or Maduea (, มะเดื่อ), and King Chulalongkorn later issued a royal judgement identifying his regnal name as Sanphet VIII (). He was the 29th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and the second king of the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty, the last dynasty of Ayutthaya.

Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess of Saxe-Eisenberg

queen; Korean royal consort

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

Consort of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg

Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

German general (1661-1728)

Gunno Dahlstierna

Anne Dieu-le-Veut

French Pirate (1661-1710)

Benoît Audran the Elder

French engraver (1661-1721)

Stefano Maria Legnani

Italian painter (1660-1715)

French historian

Maturin Veyssière La Croze

French Benedictine historian and orientalist

Venetian painter (1661-1713)

Uejima Onitsura

Japanese poet and writer

Giuseppe Torretto

Italian artist (1664-1743)

Cornelia van Marle

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1661-1698)

John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts

British soldier and author

Thomas Quellinus

Flemish sculptor (1661-1709)

Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein

Princess consort of Liechtenstein

William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian

British Army general

Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie