Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1538?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1538. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo63
  2. Martin Luther55
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus65
  4. Elizabeth I of England5
  5. Hernán Cortés52–53
  6. Jacques Cartier46
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent44
  8. Michel de Montaigne5
  9. Mimar Sinan45–50
  10. John Calvin29
  11. François Rabelais43–44
  12. Charles V38
  13. Nostradamus35
  14. Henry VIII of England47
  15. Ivan the Terrible8
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina13
  17. Luís de Camões13–14
  18. Philip II of Spain11
  19. Titian45–50
  20. Teresa of Ávila23
  21. Guru Nanak69
  22. Paracelsus45
  23. Ignatius of Loyola45–49
  24. Mary I22
  25. Gregory XIII36
  26. Edward VI of England1
  27. Paul III70
  28. Francis I of France44
  29. Pieter Brueghel the Elder10–15
  30. Pius V34
  31. Francisco Pizarro58–62