Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1561?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1561. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1561: Francis Bacon.

  1. Michelangelo86
  2. Miguel de Cervantes12–16
  3. Francis Baconborn
  4. Elizabeth I of England28
  5. Akbar19
  6. Suleiman the Magnificent67
  7. Giordano Bruno13
  8. Michel de Montaigne28
  9. Mimar Sinan68–73
  10. John Calvin52
  11. Tycho Brahe15
  12. Nostradamus58
  13. Francis Drake18–23
  14. Ivan the Terrible31
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina36
  16. El Greco20
  17. Luís de Camões36–37
  18. Philip II of Spain34
  19. Titian68–73
  20. Teresa of Ávila46
  21. Mary, Queen of Scots19
  22. Henry IV of France8
  23. Gregory XIII59
  24. Torquato Tasso17
  25. Pieter Brueghel the Elder33–38
  26. Pius V57