* 1623 – Fran &# 231 ; ois de Laval, French bishop ( d. 1708 )

Andrea Andreani ( 1540 – 1623 ) was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours.

Although anthems were written in the Elizabethan period by Tallis ( 1505 – 1585 ), Byrd ( 1539 – 1623 ), and others, they are not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer until 1662, when the famous rubric " In quires and places where they sing here followeth the Anthem " first appears.

Blaise Pascal (; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662 ), was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher.

The Pian Breviary was again altered by Sixtus V in 1588, who introduced the revised Vulgate, in 1602 by Clement VIII ( through Baronius and Bellarmine ), especially as concerns the rubrics ; and by Urban VIII ( 1623 – 1644 ), a purist who altered the text of certain hymns.

* 1673 – Margaret Cavendish, English writer ( b. 1623 )

# Federico Ubaldo della Rovere ( 1605 – 1623 )-title became extinct with his death

Despite the arguably greater architectural inventiveness of Borromini and Cortona, Bernini's artistic pre-eminence, particularly during the reigns of popes Urban VIII ( 1623 – 1644 ) and Alexander VII ( 1655 – 1665 ), meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, St. Peter's Basilica.

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* 1623 – William Byrd, English composer ( b. 1540 )

* 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian composer and violinist ( d. 1676 )

* 1556 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord ( d. 1623 )

# Erdmuthe ( 26 June 1561 – 13 November 1623 ), married in 1577 to Duke John Frederick of Pomerania

* 1551 – William Camden, English historian ( d. 1623 )

* 1546 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician ( d. 1623 )

* 1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician ( d. 1686 )

There were a number of theologians who defended Calvinistic orthodoxy against Amyraut and Saumur, including Friedrich Spanheim ( 1600 – 1649 ) and Francis Turretin ( 1623 – 1687 ).

Mustafa I Deli ( 1591 – January 20, 1639 ) (), son of Mehmed III, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623.

His inability to rule led to deposition and confinement by Osman II's younger half-brother, Murad IV ( 1623 – 40 ).

Murad IV Ghazi ( Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع Murād-i rābi ‘) < span dir =" ltr ">( July 26 / 27, 1612 – February 9, 1640 )</ span > was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods.

* May 18 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish Socinian theologist ( b. 1623 )

Stanisław Lubieniecki (, also Lubiniezky or Lubyenyetsky ) ( b. August 23, 1623 in Raków, Kielce County-May 18, 1675 in Hamburg ) was a Polish Socinian theologist, historian, astronomer, and writer.

* Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska ( 1623 – 1672 )-was the wife of Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki and the mother of Polish King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

** Hieronim Morsztyn, Polish poet ( died 1623 )

Princess Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska ( Gryzelda Konstancja z Zamoyskich Wiśniowiecka ) ( 1623 – 1672 ) was a Polish szlachcianka and mother of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

Adam Hieronim Sieniawski ( c. 1623 – 1650 ) was a Polish noble

* September 28 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian ( b. 1623 )

** Nicolas Coeffeteau, French theologian, poet and historian ( died 1623 )

Francis Turretin ( 17 October 1623 – 28 September 1687 ; also known as François Turretini ) was a Swiss-Italian Protestant theologian.

Nicolas Coeffeteau ( 1574 – 21 April 1623 ) was a French theologian, poet and historian born at Saint-Calais.

* William Camden of England ( 1551 – 1623 ), historian and topographer

** Philip Cluwer, German geographer and historian ( d. 1623 )

* March 21 – Henri Sauval, French historian ( b. 1623 )

* May 2 – William Camden, English historian ( d. 1623 )

* William Camden ( 1551 – 1623 ), English historian

* William Camden ( 1551 – 1623 ), antiquary, historian, and Clarenceux King of Arms, lived in the house later known as Camden Place from c. 1609 until his death there in 1623.

William Camden ( 2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623 ) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and officer of arms.

* William Camden ( 1551 – 1623 ), antiquarian and historian

** Philipp Clüver, German historian ( died 1623 )

** Luis Cabrera de Córdoba, Spanish historian ( died 1623 )

* May 2-William Camden, historian ( died 1623 )

" The historian William Camden ( 1551 – 1623 ) wrote

Henri Sauval ( 1623 – 21 March 1676 ) was a French historian.