Born in 1580

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Born in 1580

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Frans Hals Painter 1580 29-Aug-1666 Dutch portraitist

Jan Baptist van Helmont Chemist 12-Jan-1580 30-Dec-1644 Recognized discrete gases

Thomas Middleton Playwright 18-Apr-1580 4-Jul-1627 A Game at Chess

Nicholas Claude Fabri de Peiresc Astronomer 1-Dec-1580 24-Jun-1637 Discovered Orion Nebula

John Smith Explorer 1580 21-Jun-1631 Founder of Jamestown Colony

John Taylor Poet 24-Aug-1580 Dec-1653 The Water-Poet

John Webster Playwright c. 1580 1634 The Duchess of Malfy

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