Famous People Born in 1606

21 notable people were born in 1606. See what happened in 1606 →

Dutch painter and printmaker

July 15 · 1606–1669

Holy Roman Empress from 1637 to 1646

August 18 · 1606–1646

French tragedian

June 6 · 1606–1684

Chinese rebel leader

September 22 · 1606–1645

Duchess of Savoy from 1630 to 1637

February 10 · 1606–1663

Chinese peasant leader and ruler in Sichuan

September 18 · 1606–1647

Scottish nobleman and military leader

June 19 · 1606–1649

German artist and art historian

May 12 · 1606–1688

17th-century French nurse and settler in Quebec, New France

November 12 · 1606–1673

French Jesuit missionary and martyr

May 25 · 1606–1649

Spanish philosopher, writer, mathematician and Catholic clergyman

May 23 · 1606–1682

English poet and politician

March 3 · 1606–1687

More birthdays

1606–1676John Winthrop the YoungerEnglish-born physician, colonial administrator and alchemistFebruary 12
1606–1681Hermann ConringGerman intellectualNovember 9
1606–1674George Frederick of Nassau-SiegenGerman prince and officer in the Dutch ArmyFebruary 23
1606–1656John BulwerEnglish physician and philosopherMay 16
1606–1647Vincentio ReinieriItalian mathematician and astronomerMarch 30
1606–1676Roland Fréart de ChambrayFrench writer, collector, and theoristJuly 13
1606–1675Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of DonegallAnglo-Irish military officer, politician and peerJune 16
1606–1662William Dugard17th-century English printerJanuary 9
1606–1643Nicholas SlanningEnglish politicianSeptember 1