Who Was Alive

Edward VI of England

King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553

Born 2–12 October 1537 · died 6 July 1553, aged 15

Who was alive at the same time as Edward VI of England?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Hernán Cortés
  5. Mimar Sinan
  6. Henry VIII of England
  7. Jacques Cartier
  8. François Rabelais
  9. Suleiman the Magnificent
  10. Charles V
  11. Nostradamus
  12. John Calvin
  13. Luís de Camões
  14. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  15. Ivan the Terrible
  16. Michel de Montaigne
  17. Elizabeth I of England
  18. Edward VI of England
  19. Francis Drake
  20. El Greco
  21. Akbar
  22. Miguel de Cervantes
  23. Tycho Brahe
  24. Giordano Bruno
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Edward VI of England was born, Michelangelo was 62, Martin Luther was 53, Nicolaus Copernicus was 64, Elizabeth I of England was 4 and Hernán Cortés was 51 or 52.

When Edward VI of England died, Michelangelo was 78, Elizabeth I of England was 19, Akbar was 10, Jacques Cartier was 61 and Suleiman the Magnificent was 58.

Born during Edward VI of England’s lifetime: Miguel de Cervantes, Akbar, Giordano Bruno, Tycho Brahe, Francis Drake, El Greco, Mary, Queen of Scots and Torquato Tasso.

Not quite contemporaries: William Shakespeare was born 11 years after Edward VI of England died, Galileo Galilei was born 11 years after Edward VI of England died, Niccolò Machiavelli died 10 years before Edward VI of England was born and Francis Bacon was born 8 years after Edward VI of England died.

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All 38 contemporaries we track

  1. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  2. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  3. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  5. Elizabeth I of England 1533 – 1603
  6. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  7. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  8. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  9. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  10. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  11. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  12. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  13. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  14. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  15. Charles V 1500 – 1558
  16. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  17. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  18. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  19. Henry VIII of England 1491 – 1547
  20. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  21. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  22. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  23. Luís de Camões 1524–1525 – 1580
  24. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  25. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  26. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  27. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  28. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  29. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  30. Ignatius of Loyola 1489–1493 – 1556
  31. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  32. Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  33. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  34. Paul III 1468 – 1549
  35. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  36. Pieter Brueghel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  37. Pius V 1504 – 1572
  38. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541