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Pope Gregory XV
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Pope Gregory XV

Latin Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 9 January 1554 · died 8 July 1623, aged 69
Also known as Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisio

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Gregory XV?

  1. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  2. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  3. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  4. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  5. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564
  6. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  7. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  8. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  9. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  10. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  11. Pope Gregory XV, 1554 – 1623
  12. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  13. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  14. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  15. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  16. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  17. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  18. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  19. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  20. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  21. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  22. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  23. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  24. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662

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When Pope Gregory XV was born, Michelangelo was 78, Elizabeth I was 20, Akbar was 11, Jacques Cartier was 62 and Suleiman the Magnificent was 59.

When Pope Gregory XV died, Galileo Galilei was 59, René Descartes was 27, Molière was 1, Rembrandt was 16 and Blaise Pascal was under a year old.

Born during Pope Gregory XV’s lifetime: William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Molière, Rembrandt, Blaise Pascal, Francis Bacon and Johannes Kepler.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther died about 8 years before Pope Gregory XV was born, Nicolaus Copernicus died about 11 years before Pope Gregory XV was born, John Locke was born about 9 years after Pope Gregory XV died and Baruch Spinoza was born about 9 years after Pope Gregory XV died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

189 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory XV. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1589.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  4. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  5. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Molière 1622 – 1673
  7. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  8. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  9. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  10. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  11. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  12. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  13. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  14. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  15. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  16. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  17. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  18. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  19. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  20. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  21. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  22. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  23. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  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. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  31. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  32. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  33. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  34. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  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. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  42. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  43. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  44. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  45. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  46. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  47. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  48. Christopher Marlowe c. 1564 – 1593
  49. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  50. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  51. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  52. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  53. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  54. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  55. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  56. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  57. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  58. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  59. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  60. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  61. Pieter Bruegel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  62. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  63. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  64. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  65. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  66. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  67. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  68. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  69. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  70. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  71. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  72. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  73. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  74. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  75. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  76. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  77. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  78. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  79. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  80. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  81. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  82. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  83. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  84. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  85. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  86. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  87. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  88. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  89. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  90. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  91. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  92. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  93. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  94. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  95. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  96. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  97. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  98. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  99. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  100. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  101. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  102. Lady Jane Grey 1537 – 1554
  103. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  104. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  105. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  106. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  107. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  108. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  109. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  110. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  111. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  112. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  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. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  136. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  137. Henry II of France 1519 – 1559
  138. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  139. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  140. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  141. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  142. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  143. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  144. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  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