650s BC deaths

Phraortes, son of Deioces, was the second king of the Median kingdom.

Tantamani (; ; ), also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Kush located in Northern Sudan, and the last pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen or royal name was Bakare, which means "Glorious is the Soul of Re."

King of the Zhou dynasty from 676 to 652 BC

concubine and later wife of Duke Xian of Jin

Ruler of the state of Jin from 676 to 651 BC

thumb|Portrait of Mentuemhat, Thebes, late 25th to early 26th Dynasty, 665-650 BCE - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Shensheng (, died 20 February 655 BCE), ancestral name Ji (姬), was the eldest son of Duke Xian of Jin and the Crown Prince of the State of Jin before being replaced by his half-brother Xiqi. One of his sisters, Lady Mu, later became the wife of Duke Mu of Qin.

Ji Xiqi was briefly a ruler of the Jin state. He was the son of Duke Xian and his favored concubine Li Ji, and later replaced his older half-brother Ji Shensheng as crown prince. After the death of Duke Xian, he took the throne for about a month before being killed by Li Ke.

ruler of Jin