Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1534?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 1534. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo59
  2. Martin Luther51
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus61
  4. Elizabeth I of England1
  5. Hernán Cortés48–49
  6. Jacques Cartier42
  7. Erasmus68
  8. Suleiman the Magnificent40
  9. Michel de Montaigne1
  10. Mimar Sinan41–46
  11. John Calvin25
  12. François Rabelais39–40
  13. Thomas More54–58
  14. Charles V34
  15. Nostradamus31
  16. Henry VIII of England43
  17. Ivan the Terrible4
  18. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina9
  19. Luís de Camões9–10
  20. Philip II of Spain7
  21. Titian41–46
  22. Teresa of Ávila19
  23. Guru Nanak65
  24. Paracelsus41
  25. Ignatius of Loyola41–45
  26. Anne Boleyn33
  27. Mary I18
  28. Gregory XIII32
  29. Paul III66
  30. Francis I of France40
  31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder6–11
  32. Pius V30
  33. Francisco Pizarro54–58