Died in 1642

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Died in 1642

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Galileo Galilei Astronomer 15-Feb-1564 8-Jan-1642 Copernican observational astronomer

Artemisia Gentileschi Painter 1593 1642 Italian Baroque painter

Marie de Medici Royalty 26-Apr-1573 3-Jul-1642 Regent of France, 1610-17

Guido Reni Painter 4-Nov-1575 18-Aug-1642 Painter of the Bolognese school

Cardinal Richelieu Religion 9-Sep-1585 4-Dec-1642 King of France's chief advisor, 1624-42

William Rowley Playwright c. 1585 c. 1642 Collaborator with Thomas Middleton

Sir John Suckling Poet 1609 1642 Fragmenta Aurea

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