Birth year 1640 celebrities
Birth year 1640
Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640 – 8 January 1693), was a French salonist, friend and patron of La Fontaine, was the wife of Antoine Rambouillet, sieur de la Sablière (1624–1679), a Protestant financier and poet entrusted with the administrat
Elizabeth, Countess de Gramont (née Hamilton; 1640 – 3 June 1708), was an Irish-born courtier and a lady-in-waiting (Dame du Palais) to Louis XIV’s queen consort, Maria Theresa of Spain. She was one of the Windsor Beauties painted by Sir Peter Lel
Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1640 – 1 December 1691), marquis of Montespan, was a French nobleman. He is most notable as the husband of Louis XIV’s mistress Madame de Montespan.
Aphra Behn (10 July 1640 – 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.
Hon. Frances Brooke (1640-c.1690) was a British courtier. She was styled Hon. Frances Brooke, and then Lady Frances Whitmore. She was granted the style of a daughter of a baron.
Catherine Monvoisin, née Deshayes, known as “La Voisin” (c. 1640 – February 22, 1680), was an French allege
Philippe of France (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the youngest son of Louis XIII of France and his q
Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Gloucester (8 July 1640 – 18 September 1660) was the third adult (and youngest) so
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan (5 October 1641 – 27 May 1707), be
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (27 November 1640 – 9 October 1709) was an English courtesan and p