Famous People Who Died in 1634

  • Feb 15 Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (Father of German surgery), dies at 73

Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634)

Feb 25 Bohemian-German general and statesman (Thirty Years' War), assassinated at 50

  • May 12 George Chapman, English dramatist, poet and translator of Homer, dies
  • May 15 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
  • Jun 22 Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
  • Jun 25 John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
  • Aug 9 Pieter de Jode I, Flemish publisher of engravings, dies (b. 1573)
  • Aug 9 William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
  • Aug 18 Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
  • Sep 3 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice and politician (defended common law), dies at 82
  • Oct 31 Erasmus Widmann, German composer, dies at 62
  • Nov 15 Johann Staden, German composer, dies at 53
  • Dec 29 John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop, dies at 22