Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1520?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 1520. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1520: Raphael.

  1. Michelangelo45
  2. Martin Luther37
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli51
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus47
  5. Ferdinand Magellan37–42
  6. Raphael37 †
  7. Albrecht Dürer49
  8. Vasco da Gama50–62
  9. Hernán Cortés34–35
  10. Jacques Cartier28
  11. Erasmus54
  12. Suleiman the Magnificent26
  13. Mimar Sinan27–32
  14. John Calvin11
  15. François Rabelais25–26
  16. Thomas More40–44
  17. Charles V20
  18. Nostradamus17
  19. Henry VIII of England29
  20. Titian27–32
  21. Teresa of Ávila5
  22. Babur37
  23. Guru Nanak51
  24. Paracelsus27
  25. Ignatius of Loyola27–31
  26. Anne Boleyn19
  27. Mary I4
  28. Huldrych Zwingli36
  29. Gregory XIII18
  30. Leo X45
  31. Paul III52
  32. Ludovico Ariosto46
  33. Francis I of France26
  34. Pius V16
  35. Francisco Pizarro40–44