Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1527?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1527. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1527: Philip II of Spain.

Died in 1527: Niccolò Machiavelli.

  1. Michelangelo52
  2. Martin Luther44
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli58 †
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus54
  5. Albrecht Dürer56
  6. Hernán Cortés41–42
  7. Jacques Cartier35
  8. Erasmus61
  9. Suleiman the Magnificent33
  10. Mimar Sinan34–39
  11. John Calvin18
  12. François Rabelais32–33
  13. Thomas More47–51
  14. Charles V27
  15. Nostradamus24
  16. Henry VIII of England36
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina2
  18. Luís de Camões2–3
  19. Philip II of Spainborn
  20. Titian34–39
  21. Teresa of Ávila12
  22. Babur44
  23. Guru Nanak58
  24. Paracelsus34
  25. Ignatius of Loyola34–38
  26. Anne Boleyn26
  27. Mary I11
  28. Huldrych Zwingli43
  29. Gregory XIII25
  30. Paul III59
  31. Ludovico Ariosto53
  32. Francis I of France33
  33. Pius V23
  34. Francisco Pizarro47–51