Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1546?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 1546. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1546: Tycho Brahe.

Died in 1546: Martin Luther.

  1. Michelangelo71
  2. Martin Luther62 †
  3. Elizabeth I of England13
  4. Hernán Cortés60–61
  5. Akbar4
  6. Jacques Cartier54
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent52
  8. Michel de Montaigne13
  9. Mimar Sinan53–58
  10. John Calvin37
  11. François Rabelais51–52
  12. Charles V46
  13. Tycho Braheborn
  14. Nostradamus43
  15. Francis Drake3–8
  16. Henry VIII of England55
  17. Ivan the Terrible16
  18. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina21
  19. El Greco5
  20. Luís de Camões21–22
  21. Philip II of Spain19
  22. Titian53–58
  23. Teresa of Ávila31
  24. Mary, Queen of Scots4
  25. Ignatius of Loyola53–57
  26. Mary I30
  27. Gregory XIII44
  28. Edward VI of England9
  29. Torquato Tasso2
  30. Paul III78
  31. Francis I of France52
  32. Pieter Brueghel the Elder18–23
  33. Pius V42