Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1571?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1571. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1571: Caravaggio.

  1. William Shakespeare7
  2. Galileo Galilei7
  3. Miguel de Cervantes22–26
  4. Francis Bacon10
  5. Elizabeth I of England38
  6. Akbar29
  7. Giordano Bruno23
  8. Michel de Montaigne38
  9. Mimar Sinan78–83
  10. Lope de Vega9
  11. Tycho Brahe25
  12. Francis Drake28–33
  13. Ivan the Terrible41
  14. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina46
  15. Caravaggioborn
  16. El Greco30
  17. Luís de Camões46–47
  18. Philip II of Spain44
  19. Titian78–83
  20. Teresa of Ávila56
  21. Mary, Queen of Scots29
  22. Henry IV of France18
  23. Christopher Marlowe5–9
  24. James VI and I5
  25. Gregory XIII69
  26. Torquato Tasso27
  27. Pius V67
  28. Urban VIII3