Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1542?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1542. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1542: Akbar and Mary, Queen of Scots.

  1. Michelangelo67
  2. Martin Luther59
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus69
  4. Elizabeth I of England9
  5. Hernán Cortés56–57
  6. Akbarborn
  7. Jacques Cartier50
  8. Suleiman the Magnificent48
  9. Michel de Montaigne9
  10. Mimar Sinan49–54
  11. John Calvin33
  12. François Rabelais47–48
  13. Charles V42
  14. Nostradamus39
  15. Henry VIII of England51
  16. Ivan the Terrible12
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina17
  18. El Greco1
  19. Luís de Camões17–18
  20. Philip II of Spain15
  21. Titian49–54
  22. Teresa of Ávila27
  23. Mary, Queen of Scotsborn
  24. Ignatius of Loyola49–53
  25. Mary I26
  26. Gregory XIII40
  27. Edward VI of England5
  28. Paul III74
  29. Francis I of France48
  30. Pieter Brueghel the Elder14–19
  31. Pius V38