Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1549?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1549. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1549: Paul III.

  1. Michelangelo74
  2. Miguel de Cervantes0–4
  3. Elizabeth I of England16
  4. Akbar7
  5. Jacques Cartier57
  6. Suleiman the Magnificent55
  7. Giordano Bruno1
  8. Michel de Montaigne16
  9. Mimar Sinan56–61
  10. John Calvin40
  11. François Rabelais54–55
  12. Charles V49
  13. Tycho Brahe3
  14. Nostradamus46
  15. Francis Drake6–11
  16. Ivan the Terrible19
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina24
  18. El Greco8
  19. Luís de Camões24–25
  20. Philip II of Spain22
  21. Titian56–61
  22. Teresa of Ávila34
  23. Mary, Queen of Scots7
  24. Ignatius of Loyola56–60
  25. Mary I33
  26. Gregory XIII47
  27. Edward VI of England12
  28. Torquato Tasso5
  29. Paul III81 †
  30. Pieter Brueghel the Elder21–26
  31. Pius V45