Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1539?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1539. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1539: Guru Nanak.

  1. Michelangelo64
  2. Martin Luther56
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus66
  4. Elizabeth I of England6
  5. Hernán Cortés53–54
  6. Jacques Cartier47
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent45
  8. Michel de Montaigne6
  9. Mimar Sinan46–51
  10. John Calvin30
  11. François Rabelais44–45
  12. Charles V39
  13. Nostradamus36
  14. Henry VIII of England48
  15. Ivan the Terrible9
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina14
  17. Luís de Camões14–15
  18. Philip II of Spain12
  19. Titian46–51
  20. Teresa of Ávila24
  21. Guru Nanak70 †
  22. Paracelsus46
  23. Ignatius of Loyola46–50
  24. Mary I23
  25. Gregory XIII37
  26. Edward VI of England2
  27. Paul III71
  28. Francis I of France45
  29. Pieter Brueghel the Elder11–16
  30. Pius V35
  31. Francisco Pizarro59–63