Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1541?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1541. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1541: El Greco.

Died in 1541: Paracelsus and Francisco Pizarro.

  1. Michelangelo66
  2. Martin Luther58
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus68
  4. Elizabeth I of England8
  5. Hernán Cortés55–56
  6. Jacques Cartier49
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent47
  8. Michel de Montaigne8
  9. Mimar Sinan48–53
  10. John Calvin32
  11. François Rabelais46–47
  12. Charles V41
  13. Nostradamus38
  14. Henry VIII of England50
  15. Ivan the Terrible11
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina16
  17. El Grecoborn
  18. Luís de Camões16–17
  19. Philip II of Spain14
  20. Titian48–53
  21. Teresa of Ávila26
  22. Paracelsus47 †
  23. Ignatius of Loyola48–52
  24. Mary I25
  25. Gregory XIII39
  26. Edward VI of England4
  27. Paul III73
  28. Francis I of France47
  29. Pieter Brueghel the Elder13–18
  30. Pius V37
  31. Francisco Pizarro†