Pocahontas
c. 1596–1617
Powhatan woman who became a symbol of early colonial Virginia.
Pocahontas (c. 1596–1617) was a Native American figure, born in Werowocomoco and died in Gravesend.
- Known as
- Native American figure
- Category
- Historical Figures
- Born
- c. 1596, Werowocomoco
- Died
- 1617, Gravesend
Alive at the same time as Pocahontas
- Grace O'Malley c. 1530–c. 1603, pirate
- Francis Bacon 1561–1626, philosopher
- Galileo Galilei 1564–1642, astronomer
- Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643, composer
- Samuel de Champlain c. 1567–1635, explorer
- Guy Fawkes 1570–1606, conspirator
- Johannes Kepler 1571–1630, astronomer
- Peter Paul Rubens 1577–1640, painter
- Kösem Sultan c. 1589–1651, Ottoman regent
- Shah Jahan 1592–1666, emperor
- Artemisia Gentileschi 1593–c. 1656, painter
- René Descartes 1596–1650, philosopher
Portrait: Unidentified Artist; copy after Simon van de Passe, Public domain.