Who was alive in 1543?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1543. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Michelangelo68
2. Martin Luther60
3. Nicolaus Copernicus70 †
4. Elizabeth I of England10
5. Hernán Cortés57–58
6. Akbar1
7. Jacques Cartier51
8. Suleiman the Magnificent49
9. Michel de Montaigne10
10. Mimar Sinan50–55
11. John Calvin34
12. François Rabelais48–49
13. Charles V43
14. Nostradamus40
15. Francis Drake0–5
16. Henry VIII of England52
17. Ivan the Terrible13
18. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina18
19. El Greco2
20. Luís de Camões18–19
21. Philip II of Spain16
22. Titian50–55
23. Teresa of Ávila28
24. Mary, Queen of Scots1
25. Ignatius of Loyola50–54
26. Mary I27
27. Gregory XIII41
28. Edward VI of England6
29. Paul III75
30. Francis I of France49
31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder15–20
32. Pius V39