Notable People of the 1600s

Bogatzky, Karl Heinrich von (1690-1744)
Boileau, Nicolas (1636-1711)
Bourdaloue, Louis (1632-1704)
Bourignon, Antoinette (1616-1680)
Boyle, Charles (1676-1731)
Boyle, Robert (1626-1691)
Boyle, Roger (1621-1679)
Carstares, William (1649-1715)
Carte, Thomas (1686-1754)
Carteret, John, Earl Granville (1690-1763)
Centlivre, Susannah (1667-1723)
Charles I. (1600-1649)
Charles II. (1630-1685)
Charles XII., of Sweden (1682-1718)
Chubb, Thomas (1679-1746)
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Cocceius (Koch)
Cocceji, Henry (1644-1719)
Cocceji, Samuel (1679-1755)
Cocker, Edward (1631-1675)
Colbert, Jean Baptiste (1619-1683)
Collier, Arthur (1680-1732)
Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726)
Collins, Anthony (1676-1729)
Coram, Thomas (1667-1751)
Corelli, Arcangelo, called "il divino" (1653-1713)
Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684)
Cotes, Roger (1682-1716)
Cowley, Abraham, an English poet (1618-1667)
Crashaw, Richard (1613-1650)
Crebillon, Prosper Jolyot de (1674-1762)
Curll, Edmund (1675-1747)
Davenant, Sir William (1605-1668)
Decker, Sir Matthew (1679-1719)
Defoe, Daniel (1661-1731)
De Witt, Cornelius (1623-1672)
De Witt, Jan (1625-1672)
Diepenbeck, Abraham van (1607-1675)
Dodington, George Bubb (1691-1762)
Dolci, Carlo (1616-1686)
Dow, Gerard (1613-1675)
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Dupleix, Joseph Francois, Marquis (1697-1764)
Duval, Claude (1643-1670)
Egede, Hans (1686-1758)
Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)
Evelyn, John (1620-1706)
Fell, John (1625-1686)
Fenelon, Francois de la Mothe (1651-1715)
Fenwick, Sir John (1645-1697)
Ferdinand III. (1608-1657)
Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665)
Filicaia, Vincenzo da (1642-1707)
Flavel, John (1627-1691)
Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757)
Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747)
Fortiguerra, Niccolo (1674-1735)
Fouquet, Nicolas (1615-1680)
Francke, August Hermann (1663-1727)
Galland, Antoine (1646-1715)
Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719)
Gibbons, Grinling (1648-1720)
Gill, John (1697-1771)
Godolphin, Sidney, Earl (1645-1712)
Graaf, Regnier van (1641-1673)
Habington, William (1605-1654)
Hadley, John (1682-1744)
Halley, Edmund (1656-1742)
Hammond, Henry (1605-1660)
Handel, George Frederick (1685-1759)
Hardouin, Jean (1646-1729)
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661-1724)
Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (1681-1741)
Holt, Sir John (1642-1710)
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)
Hoyle, Edmond (1672-1769)
Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630-1721)
Hutcheson, Dr. Francis (1694-1747)
Hutchinson, John (1674-1737)
Ireton, Henry (1610-1651)
James II. (1633-1701)
Janssens, Victor Honorius (1664-1739)
Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)
Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723)
La Bruyere, Jean de (1645-1696)
La Chaise, Francois d'Aix de (1624-1709)
Lafontaine, Jean de (1621-1695)
La Valliere, Louise Francoise de (1644-1710)
Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)
Lenclos, Ninon de (1615-1705)
Liguori, Alfonso Makia de' (1696-1787)
Lillo, George (1693-1739)
Lovat, Simon Fraser (1667-1747)
Mabillon, John (1632-1707)
Macklin, Charles (1690-1797)
Maclaurin, John (1698-1746)
Magliabecchi, Antonio (1633-1714)
Maintenon, Franchise d'Aubigne, Marquise de (1635-1719)
Malagrida, Gabriel (1689-1761)
Malebranche, Nicolas (1638-1715)
Massillon, Jean Baptiste (1663-1742)
Metastasio, Pieeo Buonaventuea (1698-1782)
Monro, Alexander (1697-1767)
Montesquieu, Charles, Baron de (1689-1755)
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz von (1694-1755)
Nadir Shah (1688-1747)
Papin, Denis (1647-1715)
Penn, William (1644-1718)
Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703)
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703)
Peter I., Alexeievich, or The Geeat (1672-1725)
Philips, Ambeose (1671-1749)
Philips, John (1676-1708)
Porpora, Nicolo (1689-1787)
Prideaux, Humphrey (1648-1721)
Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Pulteney, William (1682-1764)
Quesnay, Francois (1694-1774)
Quesnel, Pasquier (1634-1719)
Quin, James (1693-1766)
Rameau, Jean Philippe (1683-1764)
Rapin, Paul de Thoyras (1661-1725)
Regnard, Jean Francois (1655-1709)
Rob Roy (1671-1734)