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Famous People Born in 1644

  • Jan 10 Louis Boufflers, French soldier and marshal of France, born in Crillon, Oise, France (d. 1711)
  • Mar 18 Gottfried Wegner, German theologian, hymn composer, and court preacher at Konigsberg, born in Oels, Duchy of Oels (now Oleśnica, Poland) (d. 1709)
  • Mar 20 Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)
  • Apr 7 François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
  • Apr 17 Abraham Jansz Storck, Dutch painter, baptized in Amsterdam (d. 1708)
  • May 23 Thomas Eisenhut, German composer, born in Ausburg, Germany (d. 1702)
  • Jun 16 Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
  • Jul 2 Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Ulrich Megerle], German Augustinian friar and preacher, born in Kreenheinstetten, Germany (d. 1709)
  • Jul 12 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar and linguist (David's holy saint graduals), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1711)
  • Aug 6 Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (1661-67), born in Tours, France (d. 1710)
  • Aug 12 Georg Christoph Leuttner, German ecclesiastical composer, born in Tölz, Bavaria (d. undoubtedly)
  • Aug 12 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer, baptized in Wartenberg (d. 1704)
  • Sep 5 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft) (D. 1703)
  • Sep 6 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, Spanish organist and composer, born in Algemesí, Spain (d. 1712)
  • Sep 14 Gisbert Cuper, Dutch classicist and historian, born in Hemmen, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 1716)
  • Sep 25 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1710)
  • Oct 1 Jean Rousseau, French cviolist, composer and music theorist (Traité de la viole), born in France (d. 1699)
  • Oct 2 François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), born in Paris (d. 1724)

William Penn (1644-1718)

Oct 14 English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (No cross, no crown), born in London

  • Dec 23 Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Spanish organist, composer (La púrpura de la rosa), and maestro de capilla (Catedral de Lima, Peru, 1676-1707), born in Villarrobledo, Spain (d. 1728)
  • Dec 30 Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (battle at La Hougue), born in Den Briel, Dutch Republic (d. 1711)