Famous Personalities Born In 1609

Feb 10 John suckling: English cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier  

Feb 18 Edward hyde: Earl of clarendon, english pm (1660-67)  

Mar 16 Michael franck: Composer  

Mar 18 Frederick iii: King of denmark & norway (1648-70); absolutist  

Mar 21 Jan ii kazimierz: Cardinal/king of poland (1648-68)  

Mar 22 John ii casimir vasa: Cardinal/king of poland (1648-68)  

May 16 Ferdinand: Austria, cardinal of spain/governor of netherlands  

Jul 27 Heinrich pape: Composer  

Jul 28 Judith j leyster: Dutch house painter, baptised  

Aug 06 Richard bennett: British colonial governor of virginia  

Aug 29 Sassoferrato: [giovanni b salvi], italian painter (madonna)  

Aug 30 Artus i quellinus "the old": Flemish sculptor, baptised  

Oct 05 Paul fleming: Writer  

Oct 26 William sprague: English co-founder of charlestown, massachusetts  

Nov 16 Henrietta maria: French-born, queen consort of england  

Nov 26 Henry dunster: English president of harvard college  

Dec 24 Philip warwick: English writer and politician  

Jan 21 Joseph justus scaliger: French inventor of "julian period",  

Feb 07 Ferdinand i: Cardinal/ruler of toscane,  

Feb 17 Ferdinando i de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany (b. 1549)  

Feb 28 Paul sartorius: Composer,  

Mar 25 Olaus martini: Swedish archbishop of uppsala (b. 1557)  

Apr 04 Charles de l'ecluse: Flemish botanist (b. 1526)  

May 15 Giovanni croce: Italian composer (b. 1557)  

May 26 Cornelis claesz: Mapmaker, buried