* 1603 – Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian ( d. 1669 )

* Adrian von Mynsicht ( 1603 – 1638 ), German alchemist

Ahmed I ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد اول Aḥmed-i evvel, ) or Ahmed Bakhti ( April 18, 1590 – November 22, 1617 ) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617.

He succeeded his father Mehmed III ( 1595 – 1603 ) in 1603 at age 13.

Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 1603 – 1659 )

* 1603 – Michel le Tellier, French statesman ( d. 1685 )

* Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg: 1252 – 1468 and 1603 – 1863

* Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen: 1396 – 1561 and 1603 – 1847

* Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau 1396 – 1561 and 1603 – 1863

* Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau 1544 – 1553 and 1603 – 1665

* 1651 – Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer ( b. 1603 )

In early 1578, the regency was taken over by his cousin, George Frederick of Brandenburg-Kulmbach ( 1539 – 1603 ).

Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558 – 1603 ), played by Miranda Richardson.

Historically, this proceeded from the labours of Jean de Launoy ( 1603 – 1678 ), " le dénicheur des saints ", and Louis Sébastien le Nain de Tillemont, who had shown the falsity of numerous lives of the saints ; while theologically it was produced by the Port Royal school, which led men to dwell more on communion with God as contrasted with the invocation of the saints.

Kanem-Bornu peaked during the reign of the outstanding statesman Mai Idris Aluma ( c. 1571 – 1603 ).

Of the famine in Povolzhie ( 1921 – 1922 ) he wrote: " That horrible famine was up to cannibalism, up to consuming children by their own parents — the famine, which Russia had never known even in Time of Troubles 1601 – 1603 ..."

The Hindu social code was later set up in Gorkha by Ram Shah ( 1603 – 36 ).

* 1603 – William Gilbert, English physicist and physician ( b. 1544 )

* 1603 – Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician ( b. 1540 )

* March 20 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior ( b. 1603 )

Abbot Augustyn, or Abbot Augustyn Kordecki real name: Klemens Kordecki Ślepowron Coat of Arms ( born November 16, 1603 in Iwanowice near Kalisz-died March 20, 1673 in Wieruszów, Poland ) was a prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland.

After George Frederick's death in 1603, the Polish king Zygmunt Waza appointed Joachim Frederick as regent in 1605, and permitted his son, John Sigismund, to succeed him in 1611.

** Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman ( d. 1603 )

** Krzysztof Mikołaj " the Lightning " Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman ( d. 1603 )

This is the case with the oldest learned societies, such as the Polish Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana ( founded 1488 ), the Italian Accademia dei Lincei ( founded 1603 ), the Académie Française ( founded 1635 ), the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ( founded 1652 ) or the Royal Society of London ( founded 1660 ).

date-John Jonston, Polish naturalist and physician ( born 1603 )

A few months later in 1603, Polish forces crossed the frontier with a small force of 4, 000 Poles, Lithuanians, Russian exiles, German mercenaries and Cossacks from the Dnieper and the Don, in what marked the beginning of the Polish Commonwealth's intervention in Russia, or the Dymitriad wars.

Fixed incomes of the Ermland Jesuits came from their real estates, which aggregated in 1603 700 Polish złotys, in 1622 2540 złotys, in 1651 3530 złotys, in 1681 2263 złotys, in 1730 3102 złotys, in 1764 5680 złotys.

Jan Dymitr Solikowski ( b. 1539 in Sieradz-27 June 1603 in Lwów, Poland ) was a Polish writer, diplomat, Archbishop of Lwów.

The Han sailor, Chen Di, in his Record of the Eastern Seas ( 1603 ), identifies the indigenous people of Taiwan as simply ( Dong Fan ) 東番, or " Eastern Savage ", while the Dutch referred to Taiwan's original inhabitants as " Indians " or " blacks ", based on their prior colonial experience in what is currently Indonesia.

Under Queen Elizabeth ( reigned 1558 – 1603 ), besides continuing in his post as financial agent of the crown, Gresham acted temporarily as ambassador at the court of Margaret of Parma, receiving a knighthood in 1559 prior to his departure.

The number of unconverted sangleys dropped from a high of 25, 000 prior to the First Great Massacre of 1603 to below 10, 000 by 1850.

* 1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint ( d. 1663 )

* 1603 – Harbottle Grimston, English politician ( d. 1685 )

* 1603 – Kenelm Digby, English courtier and diplomat ( d. 1665 )

* 1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor ( d. 1603 )

* 1603 – Simon Bradstreet, British colonial magistrate ( d. 1693 )

* 1603 – King John IV of Portugal, composer, patron of music and the arts, and musicologist ( d. 1656 )

* 1533 – Elizabeth I of England ( d. 1603 )

* May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor ( d. 1603 )

** Hugh Roe O ' Donnell, Irish chieftain and rebel ( d. 1603 )

** François Viète, French mathematician ( d. 1603 )

** Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer ( d. 1603 )

* June 6 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist ( d. 1603 )

* May 24 – William Gilbert, English scientist ( d. 1603 )

** Ikeda Tomomasa, Japanese military commander ( d. 1603 )

* September 29 – Joan Terès i Borrull, viceroy of Catalonia ( d. 1603 )

* April 5 – George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( d. 1603 )

* September 7 – Queen Elizabeth I of England, daughter of King Henry VIII of England and Queen Anne Boleyn ( d. 1603 )

** Ralph Lane, English explorer ( d. 1603 )

** Gráinne O ' Malley, Irish noblewoman ( d. 1603 )

** Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyo in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods ( d. 1603 )