Cardinal Richelieu
French statesman and clergyman
19 notable people were born in 1585. See what happened in 1585 →
Heinrich Schütz
German composer and organist
Judith Quiney
Daughter of William Shakespeare
Hendrick Avercamp
Dutch painter
Anna of Tyrol
Holy Roman Empress from 1612 to 1618
Cornelius Jansen
Dutch Bishop
John George I of Saxony
Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656
Mary Ward
English Catholic religious sister
John Cotton
Puritan minister in England, America
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
English magistrate, diplomat and courtier
Gerbrand Bredero
Dutch poet and playwright
William Drummond of Hawthornden
16th/17th-century Scottish poet
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- 1585–1596Hamnet ShakespeareSon of William ShakespeareFebruary 2
- 1585–1615Evert HornSwedish military personnelJune 11
- 1585–1635Gonzalo Fernández de CórdobaSpanish military leaderDecember 31
- 1585–1652Jan BrożekPolish mathematicianNovember 1
- 1585–1638Frederick I of Hesse-HomburgLandgrave of Hesse-HomburgMarch 5
- 1585–1641Livia della RovereDuchess consort of UrbinoDecember 16
- 1585–1612Zofia of SłuckLithuanian Orthodox saintMay 1