Famous People Born in 1579

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  • Jan 4 Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar
  • Jan 12 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, (found boiling point temperature)
  • Feb 9 John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian
  • Apr 12 François de Bassompierre, marshal of France, born in Haroué, France (d. 1646)
  • Jul 13 Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
  • Jul 25 Valerius Otto, German composer, born in Leipzig (d. after 1612)
  • Aug 1 Luís Vélez de Guevara, Écija, Spanish writer
  • Aug 18 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
  • Aug 24 John Amner, English composer, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire (d. 1641)
  • Nov 11 Frans Snyders, Flemish animal painter
  • Nov 22 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
  • Dec 9 Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)
  • Dec 12 Heinrich Steuccius, composer
  • Dec 20 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)