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Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)

French physicist, chemist, botanist and priest

Josefa de Óbidos

Portuguese and Spanish artist (1630-1684)

Italian luthier from Cremona

Antoine Gombaud

French writer and mathematician

William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker

English mathematician

Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1611–1684)

Jan Davidsz. de Heem

Dutch-Flemish painter (1606–1684)

Marie Elisabeth of Saxony

Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1610-1684)

Italian French noblewoman and salonist (1616-1684)

Miquel Baptista Gran

franciscan friar proclaimed blessed by the Catholic Church (1620-1684)

Caspar Netscher

Dutch painter (1639-1684)

Alvise Contarini

Johann Rosenmüller

German Baroque composer (1619–1684)

Italian noble (1644-1684)

Gonzales Coques

Flemish Baroque painter (1614-1684)

Jakob Thomasius

German philosopher (1622-1684)

Nicolás Antonio

Spanish bibliographer (1617-1684)

Dutch painter (1632–1684)

François Pallu

Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy

French theologian and Bible scholar (1613-1684)

English Parliamentary general and politician (1619-1683)

composer from the Southern Netherlands

Claude Bazin de Bezons

Royal counsellor

French mathematician and librarian

Gabriel de Guilleragues

French politician of the 17th century

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk

English diplomat (1628-1684)

Géraud de Cordemoy

French historian, philosopher and lawyer

Girolamo Boncompagni

Italian cardinal

Payo Enríquez de Rivera

Viceroy of New Spain, Roman Catholic archbishop of Mexico

Johannes Olearius

German hymnwriter

Giovanni Battista Carlone

Italian painter (1603-1684)

John Caspar of Ampringen

German politician (1619–1684)

Pietro Andrea Ziani

Italian organist and composer (1616-1684)

Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet

Anglo-Irish preacher, soldier, statesman and diplomat (1623-1684)

Cornelis Speelman

Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1628-1684)

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld

German painter in the Baroque style (1609-1684)

Giacomo Rospigliosi

Italian cardinal

queen; Queen Consort of King Hyeonjong of Joseon

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble (1617-1684)

Jan van den Hecke

Flemish painter (1620-1684)

Julius Siegmund, Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg

Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg (1672-1684)

Heiman Dullaart

Dutch painter (1636-1684)

Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac

Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ

German bishop and noble (1620-1684)

Francesco Albizzi

Italian inquisitor and cardinal

George III of Guria

King of imereti

Italian architect active in Prague

English architect of the 17th century

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1635-1684)

Alessandro Capra

Italian architect

Mikołaj Stefan Pac

Bishop of Lithuania's capital city Vilnius

British metallurgist

Domenico Maria Canuti

Italian painter (1625-1684)

Jan Samuelowicz Ogiński

Cornelius Van Steenwyk

American politician (1626-1684)

Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

Robert Leighton

Minister of the Church of Scotland, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, Principal of the University of Edinburgh

'''Mu'an (; Japanese Mokuan Shōtō''') (1611–1684) was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Ingen to Japan in 1654. Mokuan was from Chuanchow in what was then Fukien Province. He and Sokuhi Nyoitsu were the two disciples most involved in spreading Ingen's teachings.