Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1566?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1566. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1566: James VI and I.

Died in 1566: Suleiman the Magnificent and Nostradamus.

  1. William Shakespeare2
  2. Galileo Galilei2
  3. Miguel de Cervantes17–21
  4. Francis Bacon5
  5. Elizabeth I of England33
  6. Akbar24
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent71 †
  8. Giordano Bruno18
  9. Michel de Montaigne33
  10. Mimar Sinan73–78
  11. Lope de Vega4
  12. Tycho Brahe20
  13. Nostradamus62 †
  14. Francis Drake23–28
  15. Ivan the Terrible36
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina41
  17. El Greco25
  18. Luís de Camões41–42
  19. Philip II of Spain39
  20. Titian73–78
  21. Teresa of Ávila51
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots24
  23. Henry IV of France13
  24. Christopher Marlowe0–4
  25. James VI and Iborn
  26. Gregory XIII64
  27. Torquato Tasso22
  28. Pieter Brueghel the Elder38–43
  29. Pius V62