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Pope Clement VIII
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Pope Clement VIII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 24 February 1536 · died 3 March 1605, aged 68
Also known as Clement VIII, Klemens VIII. Papst, pape Clément VIII

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Clement VIII?

  1. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  2. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  3. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  4. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  5. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  6. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  7. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  8. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  9. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  10. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564
  11. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  12. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  13. Pope Clement VIII, 1536 – 1605
  14. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  15. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  16. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  17. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  18. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  19. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  20. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  21. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  22. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  23. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  24. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660

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When Pope Clement VIII was born, Michelangelo was 60, Martin Luther was 52, Nicolaus Copernicus was 63, Elizabeth I was 2 and Hernán Cortés was 50 or 51.

When Pope Clement VIII died, William Shakespeare was 40, Galileo Galilei was 41, René Descartes was 8, Francis Bacon was 44 and Johannes Kepler was 33.

Born during Pope Clement VIII’s lifetime: William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Miguel de Cervantes, Francis Bacon, Johannes Kepler, Peter Paul Rubens and Akbar.

Not quite contemporaries: Niccolò Machiavelli died about 9 years before Pope Clement VIII was born, Rembrandt was born about a year after Pope Clement VIII died, Ferdinand Magellan died about 15 years before Pope Clement VIII was born and Albrecht Dürer died about 8 years before Pope Clement VIII was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

190 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Clement VIII. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1571.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  4. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  5. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  6. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  8. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  9. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  10. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  11. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  14. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  15. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  16. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  17. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  18. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  19. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  20. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  21. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  22. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  23. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  24. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  25. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  26. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  27. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  28. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  29. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  30. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  31. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  32. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  33. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  34. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  35. Luís de Camões c. 1525 – 1580
  36. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  37. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  38. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  39. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  40. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  41. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  42. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  43. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  44. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  45. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  46. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  47. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  48. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  49. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  50. Christopher Marlowe c. 1564 – 1593
  51. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  52. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  53. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  54. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  55. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  56. Edward VI 1537 – 1553
  57. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  58. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  59. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  60. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  61. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  62. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  63. Pieter Bruegel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  64. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  65. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  66. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  67. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  68. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  69. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  70. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  71. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  72. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  73. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  74. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  75. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  76. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  77. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  78. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  79. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  80. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  81. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  82. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  83. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  84. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  85. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  86. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  87. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  88. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  89. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  90. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  91. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  92. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  93. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  94. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  95. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  96. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  97. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  98. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  99. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  100. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  101. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  102. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  103. Lady Jane Grey 1537 – 1554
  104. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  105. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  106. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  107. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  108. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  109. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  110. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  111. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  112. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  113. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  114. Selim II 1524 – 1574
  115. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537 – 1598
  116. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  117. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  118. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  119. Pierre de Ronsard 1524 – 1585
  120. Henry III of France 1551 – 1589
  121. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  122. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  123. Charles IX of France 1550 – 1574
  124. Pope Innocent IX 1519 – 1591
  125. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  126. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  127. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  128. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  129. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  130. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  131. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  132. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  133. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  134. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  135. Henry II of France 1519 – 1559
  136. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  137. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  138. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  139. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  140. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  141. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  142. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  143. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  144. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  145. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  146. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  147. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  148. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  149. Francis II of France 1544 – 1560
  150. Étienne de La Boétie 1530 – 1563