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Cardinal Mazarin
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Cardinal Mazarin

French politician who served as Prime Minister of France

Born 14 July 1602 · died 9 March 1661, aged 58
Also known as Jules Mazarin, Cardinal Mazarin Jules, Giulio Mazzarini

Who was alive at the same time as Cardinal Mazarin?

  1. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  2. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  3. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  5. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  6. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  7. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  8. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  9. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  10. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  11. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  12. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  13. Cardinal Mazarin, 1602 – 1661
  14. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  15. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  16. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  17. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  18. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  19. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  20. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  21. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  22. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  23. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  24. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716

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When Cardinal Mazarin was born, William Shakespeare was 38, Galileo Galilei was 38, René Descartes was 6, Elizabeth I was 68 and Francis Bacon was 41.

When Cardinal Mazarin died, Isaac Newton was 18, Molière was 39, John Locke was 28, Rembrandt was 54 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 14.

Born during Cardinal Mazarin’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Blaise Pascal and Louis XIV.

Not quite contemporaries: Peter the Great was born about 11 years after Cardinal Mazarin died, Jonathan Swift was born about 6 years after Cardinal Mazarin died, Giordano Bruno died about 2 years before Cardinal Mazarin was born and Michel de Montaigne died about 10 years before Cardinal Mazarin was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

165 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cardinal Mazarin. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1632.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  5. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Molière 1622 – 1673
  7. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  8. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  9. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  10. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  11. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  12. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  13. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  14. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  15. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  16. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  17. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  18. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  19. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  20. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  21. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  22. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  23. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  24. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  25. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  26. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  27. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  28. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  29. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  30. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  31. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  32. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  33. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  34. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  35. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  36. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  37. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  38. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  39. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  40. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  41. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  42. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  43. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  44. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  45. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  46. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  47. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  48. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  49. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  50. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  51. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  52. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  53. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  54. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  55. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  56. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  57. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  58. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  59. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  60. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  61. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  62. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  63. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  64. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  65. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  66. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  67. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  68. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  69. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  70. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  71. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  72. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  73. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  74. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  75. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  76. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  77. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  78. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  79. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  80. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  81. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  82. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  83. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  84. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  85. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  86. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  87. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  88. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  89. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  90. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  91. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  92. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  93. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  94. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  95. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  96. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  97. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  98. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  99. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  100. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  101. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  102. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  103. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  104. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  105. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  106. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  107. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  108. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  109. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  110. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  111. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  112. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  113. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  114. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  115. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  116. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  117. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  118. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  119. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  120. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  121. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  122. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  123. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  124. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  125. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  126. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  127. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  128. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  129. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  130. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  131. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  132. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  133. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  134. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  135. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  136. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  137. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  138. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  139. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  140. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  141. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  142. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  143. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  144. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  145. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  146. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  147. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  148. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  149. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  150. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 – 1757