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Famous People Who Died in 1667

  • Feb 20 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
  • May 2 George Wither, English writer (Abuses Stript and Whipt), dies at 78
  • May 7 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist, singer, and composer, dies at 50
  • May 9 Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48), dies at 55
  • May 14 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L'Amour tyrannique), dies at 65
  • May 16 Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)

Alexander VII (1599-1667)

May 22 Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68

  • May 25 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
  • Jun 5 Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian theologist and historian (Istoria del Concilio di Trento), dies at 59
  • Jun 7 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried
  • Jun 18 Louise Henriette, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, dies at 39
  • Jul 11 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried
  • Jul 26 Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 [1]
  • Jul 28 Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies
  • Aug 1 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48
  • Aug 3 Francesco Borromini, Italian Baroque sculptor and architect (San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane), dies at 67
  • Aug 13 Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
  • Aug 27 Adriaen Millaert [Melar], Flemish engraver, dies at 33
  • Aug 31 Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 60
  • Sep 3 Alonso Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor and architect, dies at 66
  • Sep 28 Jacobus Golius, Dutch mathematician and Arabic translator, dies at 71
  • Oct 18 Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia
  • Oct 24 Gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried
  • Oct 24 Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer, the crater Vendelinus on the Moon is named after him, dies at 87
  • Oct 30 Johann Jakob Wolleb, a Swiss organist, theologian and composer, dies in the plague at 54
  • Nov 12 Hans Nansen, Danish statesman, dies at 68
  • Nov 16 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34
  • Nov 28 Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)