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Famous People Who Died in 1614

  • Apr 7 El Greco, Greek-born artist working in Spain (b. 1541)
  • May 3 Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole vicar, dies at 66
  • Jun 15 Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
  • Jul 1 Isaac Casaubon, English classical scholar (Atheneaus), dies at 55
  • Jul 14 Camillus de Lellis, Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick), dies at 64
  • Jul 15 Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. c.1540)
  • Aug 11 Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter, dies at 61

Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614)

Aug 21 Hungarian countess and the world's most prolific female serial killer, dies at 54

  • Sep 26 Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies at about 74
  • Oct 15 Robert Smythson, early English architect (Hardwick Hall), dies at about 80
  • Dec 19 Melchior Bischoff, German composer, dies at 67