17th Century - Significant People

Significant People

• Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia (1629–1676)
• Anne of Austria, Queen consort and regent of France (1601–1666)
• Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (1594–1632)
• Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, lover of Louis XIV (1641–1707)
• Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV (1635–1719)
• Guru Teg Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (1621–1675)
• Gabriel Bethlen, Hungarian prince of Transylvania (1580–1629)
• Shivaji Bhonsle, Hindu king, 1st Maratha ruler, established Hindavi Swaraj (1630–1680)
• Queen Christina of Sweden, high profile Catholic convert, matron of arts (1626–1689)
• Charles I of England (1600–1649)
• Charles II of England (1630–1685)
• Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1599–1658)
• Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1626–1712)
• Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603)
• Hugh O'Neill (Aodh Mór Ó Néill), King of Tyrone and 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1550–1616), an Irish prince whose armies inflicted major defeats upon the English forces of Queen Elizabeth I during the Nine Years War in Ulster.
• Tokugawa Ieyasu, The founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, (1543–1616)
• James I of England (1566–1625)
• James II of England (1633–1701)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705)
• Louis XIII of France, King of France and Navarre (1601–1643)
• Louis XIV of France, King of France and Navarre (1638–1715)
• Mary II of England (1662–1694)
• Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and politician of Italian origin (1602–1661)
• André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (1613–1700)
• Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, first Russian Emperor (1672–1725)
• Philip IV of Spain, Spanish king (1605–1665)
• Popé, Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt (ca. 1630 – ca. 1688)
• Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince, leader of anti-Polish uprising (1577–1642)
• Samarth Ramdas, Hindu saint (1608–1681)
• Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal, duke, and politician (1585–1642)
• Michael of Russia, Tsar of Russia (1596–1645)
• Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (1607–1676)
• Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1629–1696)
• Tessouat, Chief of the Algonquin
• Imre Thököly, prince of Transylvania, leader of the anti-Hapsburg uprising in Hungary (1657–1705)
• Sant Tukaram, Hindu saint (1600–1650)
• Albrecht von Wallenstein, Catholic German general in the Thirty Years' War (1583–1634)
• William III of England (1650–1702), Stadtholder of the main provinces of the Republic of the United Provinces and King of England
• Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of the Republic of the United Provinces – 1625–1672