Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1547?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1547. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1547: Hernán Cortés, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France.

  1. Michelangelo72
  2. Elizabeth I of England14
  3. Hernán Cortés61 or 62 †
  4. Akbar5
  5. Jacques Cartier55
  6. Suleiman the Magnificent53
  7. Michel de Montaigne14
  8. Mimar Sinan54–59
  9. John Calvin38
  10. François Rabelais52–53
  11. Charles V47
  12. Tycho Brahe1
  13. Nostradamus44
  14. Francis Drake4–9
  15. Henry VIII of England55 †
  16. Ivan the Terrible17
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina22
  18. El Greco6
  19. Luís de Camões22–23
  20. Philip II of Spain20
  21. Titian54–59
  22. Teresa of Ávila32
  23. Mary, Queen of Scots5
  24. Ignatius of Loyola54–58
  25. Mary I31
  26. Gregory XIII45
  27. Edward VI of England10
  28. Torquato Tasso3
  29. Paul III79
  30. Francis I of France52 †
  31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder19–24
  32. Pius V43