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Pope Alexander VII
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Pope Alexander VII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 13 February 1599 · died 22 May 1667, aged 68
Also known as Alexander VII, Philomathus, pape Alexandre VII

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Alexander VII?

  1. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  2. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  3. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  5. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  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. Pope Alexander VII, 1599 – 1667
  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 Pope Alexander VII was born, William Shakespeare was 34, Galileo Galilei was 34, René Descartes was 2, Elizabeth I was 65 and Francis Bacon was 38.

When Pope Alexander VII died, Isaac Newton was 24, Molière was 45, John Locke was 34, Rembrandt was 60 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 20.

Born during Pope Alexander VII’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 5 years after Pope Alexander VII died, Antonio Vivaldi was born about 11 years after Pope Alexander VII died, Jonathan Swift was born months after Pope Alexander VII died and Michel de Montaigne died about 7 years before Pope Alexander VII was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

176 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Alexander VII. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1633.

  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. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  23. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  24. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  25. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  26. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  27. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  28. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  29. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  30. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  31. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  32. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  33. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  34. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  35. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  36. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  37. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  38. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  39. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  40. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  41. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  42. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  43. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  44. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  45. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  46. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  47. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  48. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  49. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  50. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  51. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  52. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  53. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  54. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  55. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  56. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  57. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  58. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  59. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  60. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  61. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  62. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  63. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  64. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  65. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  66. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  67. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  68. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  69. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  70. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  71. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  72. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  73. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  74. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  75. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  76. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  77. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  78. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  79. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  80. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  81. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  82. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  83. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  84. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  85. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  86. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  87. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  88. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  89. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  90. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  91. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  92. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  93. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  94. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  95. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  96. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  97. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  98. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  99. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  100. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  101. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  102. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  103. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  104. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  105. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  106. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  107. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  108. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  109. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  110. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  111. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  112. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  113. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  114. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  115. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  116. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  117. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  118. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  119. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  120. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  121. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  122. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  123. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  124. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  125. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  126. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  127. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  128. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  129. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  130. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  131. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  132. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  133. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  134. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  135. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  136. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  137. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  138. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  139. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  140. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  141. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  142. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  143. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  144. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  145. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  146. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  147. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  148. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  149. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  150. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648