Significant People
See also: English Restoration- 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
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