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Pope Clement IX
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Pope Clement IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 28 January 1600 · died 9 December 1669, aged 69
Also known as Clement IX, Clemens PP. IX, Pope Clemens IX

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Clement IX?

  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 Clement IX, 1600 – 1669
  14. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  15. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  16. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  17. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  18. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  19. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  20. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  21. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  22. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  23. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  24. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745

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When Pope Clement IX was born, William Shakespeare was 35, Galileo Galilei was 35, René Descartes was 3, Elizabeth I was 66 and Francis Bacon was 38.

When Pope Clement IX died, Isaac Newton was 26, Molière was 47, John Locke was 37, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 23 and Matsuo Bashō was 24 or 25.

Born during Pope Clement IX’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 3 years after Pope Clement IX died, Antonio Vivaldi was born about 9 years after Pope Clement IX died, Michel de Montaigne died about 8 years before Pope Clement IX was born and Mimar Sinan died about 12 years before Pope Clement IX was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

179 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Clement IX. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1635.

  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. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  21. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  22. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  23. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  24. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  25. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  26. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  27. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  28. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  29. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  30. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  31. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  32. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  33. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  34. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  35. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  36. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  37. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  38. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  39. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  40. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  41. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  42. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  43. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  44. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  45. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  46. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  47. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  48. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  49. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  50. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  51. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  52. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  53. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  54. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  55. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  56. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  57. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  58. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  59. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  60. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  61. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  62. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  63. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  64. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  65. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  66. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  67. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  68. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  69. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  70. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  71. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  72. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  73. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  74. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  75. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  76. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  77. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  78. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  79. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  80. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  81. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  82. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  83. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  84. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  85. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  86. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  87. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  88. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  89. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  90. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  91. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  92. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  93. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  94. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  95. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  96. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  97. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  98. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  99. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  100. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  101. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  102. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  103. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  104. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  105. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  106. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  107. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  108. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  109. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  110. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  111. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  112. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  113. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  114. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  115. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  116. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  117. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  118. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  119. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  120. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  121. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  122. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  123. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  124. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  125. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  126. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  127. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  128. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  129. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  130. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  131. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  132. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  133. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  134. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  135. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  136. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  137. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  138. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  139. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  140. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  141. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  142. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  143. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  144. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  145. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  146. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  147. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  148. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  149. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  150. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642