Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1557?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1557. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1557: Jacques Cartier.

  1. Michelangelo82
  2. Miguel de Cervantes8–12
  3. Elizabeth I of England24
  4. Akbar15
  5. Jacques Cartier65 †
  6. Suleiman the Magnificent63
  7. Giordano Bruno9
  8. Michel de Montaigne24
  9. Mimar Sinan64–69
  10. John Calvin48
  11. Charles V57
  12. Tycho Brahe11
  13. Nostradamus54
  14. Francis Drake14–19
  15. Ivan the Terrible27
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina32
  17. El Greco16
  18. Luís de Camões32–33
  19. Philip II of Spain30
  20. Titian64–69
  21. Teresa of Ávila42
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots15
  23. Henry IV of France4
  24. Mary I41
  25. Gregory XIII55
  26. Torquato Tasso13
  27. Pieter Brueghel the Elder29–34
  28. Pius V53