Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1529?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 1529. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo54
  2. Martin Luther46
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus56
  4. Hernán Cortés43–44
  5. Jacques Cartier37
  6. Erasmus63
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent35
  8. Mimar Sinan36–41
  9. John Calvin20
  10. François Rabelais34–35
  11. Thomas More49–53
  12. Charles V29
  13. Nostradamus26
  14. Henry VIII of England38
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina4
  16. Luís de Camões4–5
  17. Philip II of Spain2
  18. Titian36–41
  19. Teresa of Ávila14
  20. Babur46
  21. Guru Nanak60
  22. Paracelsus36
  23. Ignatius of Loyola36–40
  24. Anne Boleyn28
  25. Mary I13
  26. Huldrych Zwingli45
  27. Gregory XIII27
  28. Paul III61
  29. Ludovico Ariosto55
  30. Francis I of France35
  31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder1–6
  32. Pius V25
  33. Francisco Pizarro49–53