The 1620s decade ran from January 1, 1620, to December 31, 1629. Significant people Antonio Maria Abbatini of Rome (c.1595–1680), composer George Abbot of England (1562–1633), Archbishop of Canterbury, held position 1611–1633 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar of Spain (1567–1626), Spanish ambassador to England-Wales Thomas Adams of England (1566–1620), publisher Niccolò Alamanni of Rome (1583–1626), Catholic priest, antiquarian, and custodian of the Vatican Library Albert VII (1559–1621), Archduke of Austria and governor (1596–1598) and Co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands (modern-day Belgium and Luxembourg) with Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, held position (as Co-sovereign) 1598–1621 William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling of Scotland (1570–1640), Scottish colonial organizer of Nova Scotia and Secretary for Scotland Alexander of Imereti (1609–1660), Imeretian Prince and future King of Imereti Manuel de Almeida of Portugal (1580–1646), Jesuit Missionary and ambassador to the Emperor of Ethiopia Emilio Bonaventura Altieri of Rome (1590–1676), Catholic bishop and future Pope Giambattista Andreini of Tuscany (1576–1654), actor and playwright Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo of Genoa (1584–1638), painter Sir Samuel Argall (1580–1626), former deputy governor of Virginia and current naval officer in the English navy Abdul Hasan Asaf-Khan of Persia (?-1641), Grand Vizer of the Mughal Empire (and brother of Nur Jahan), in office c.1611–1632 Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet of England (1576–1657), Baronet and Surveyor of the English Royal Navy Francis Bacon of England (1561–1626), philosopher, jurist, scientist, writer, and politician; specifically Member of Parliament, Attorney General for England and Wales (1613–1617), and Lord Chancellor (1617–1621) Nathaniel Bacon of England (1585–1627), painter (not to be confused with the leader of the same name of Bacon's Rebellion) William Baffin of England (?–1622), navigator and explorer Francesco Barberini, seniore of Florence (1597–1679), Cardinal and diplomat Jakob Bartsch of Lusatia (1600–1633), astronomer François de Bassompierre of France (1579–1646), courtier and Marshal of France Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621), Italian Jesuit and Cardinal Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), nobleman and general Pierre de Bérulle of France (1575–1629), Cardinal and diplomat Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully of France (1560–1641), Favourite and minister under Henry IV and Louis XIII Andries Bicker of the Netherlands (1586–1652), administrator of the Dutch East India Company, Mayor of Amsterdam, and diplomat Willem Blaeu of the Netherlands (1571–1638), cartographer and publisher Abraham Bloemaert of the Netherlands (1566–1651), painter and printmaker Jakob Böhme of Görlitz (1575–1624), Christian mystic Juan Pablo Bonet of Spain (c.1573-1633), Catholic priest and inventor of the sign language alphabet