Henry Purcell
English composer
13 notable people were born in 1659.
Henry Every
English captain and pirate (late 1600s)
Hyacinthe Rigaud
French baroque painter
Huibin Jang
Queen of Joseon from 1690 to 1694
Georg Ernst Stahl
German physician
Sebastiano Ricci
Italian painter
Damaris Cudworth Masham
British philosopher and theologian
Adriaen van der Werff
Dutch painter
David Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Charles Ancillon
French jurist and diplomat
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- 1659–1729Jacob RoggeveenDutch explorer of the Pacific OceanFebruary 1
- 1659–1728William SherardEnglish botanistFebruary 27
- 1659–1733Antonio VeraciniItalian composerJanuary 17