Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1532?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1532. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo57
  2. Martin Luther49
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus59
  4. Hernán Cortés46–47
  5. Jacques Cartier40
  6. Erasmus66
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent38
  8. Mimar Sinan39–44
  9. John Calvin23
  10. François Rabelais37–38
  11. Thomas More52–56
  12. Charles V32
  13. Nostradamus29
  14. Henry VIII of England41
  15. Ivan the Terrible2
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina7
  17. Luís de Camões7–8
  18. Philip II of Spain5
  19. Titian39–44
  20. Teresa of Ávila17
  21. Guru Nanak63
  22. Paracelsus39
  23. Ignatius of Loyola39–43
  24. Anne Boleyn31
  25. Mary I16
  26. Gregory XIII30
  27. Paul III64
  28. Ludovico Ariosto58
  29. Francis I of France38
  30. Pieter Brueghel the Elder4–9
  31. Pius V28
  32. Francisco Pizarro52–56