Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1536?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1536. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1536: Erasmus and Anne Boleyn.

  1. Michelangelo61
  2. Martin Luther53
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus63
  4. Elizabeth I of England3
  5. Hernán Cortés50–51
  6. Jacques Cartier44
  7. Erasmus69 †
  8. Suleiman the Magnificent42
  9. Michel de Montaigne3
  10. Mimar Sinan43–48
  11. John Calvin27
  12. François Rabelais41–42
  13. Charles V36
  14. Nostradamus33
  15. Henry VIII of England45
  16. Ivan the Terrible6
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina11
  18. Luís de Camões11–12
  19. Philip II of Spain9
  20. Titian43–48
  21. Teresa of Ávila21
  22. Guru Nanak67
  23. Paracelsus43
  24. Ignatius of Loyola43–47
  25. Anne Boleyn35 †
  26. Mary I20
  27. Gregory XIII34
  28. Paul III68
  29. Francis I of France42
  30. Pieter Brueghel the Elder8–13
  31. Pius V32
  32. Francisco Pizarro56–60