Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1545?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1545. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo70
  2. Martin Luther62
  3. Elizabeth I of England12
  4. Hernán Cortés59–60
  5. Akbar3
  6. Jacques Cartier53
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent51
  8. Michel de Montaigne12
  9. Mimar Sinan52–57
  10. John Calvin36
  11. François Rabelais50–51
  12. Charles V45
  13. Nostradamus42
  14. Francis Drake2–7
  15. Henry VIII of England54
  16. Ivan the Terrible15
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina20
  18. El Greco4
  19. Luís de Camões20–21
  20. Philip II of Spain18
  21. Titian52–57
  22. Teresa of Ávila30
  23. Mary, Queen of Scots3
  24. Ignatius of Loyola52–56
  25. Mary I29
  26. Gregory XIII43
  27. Edward VI of England8
  28. Torquato Tasso1
  29. Paul III77
  30. Francis I of France51
  31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder17–22
  32. Pius V41