Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1572?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1572. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1572: Johannes Kepler.

Died in 1572: Pius V.

  1. William Shakespeare8
  2. Galileo Galilei8
  3. Miguel de Cervantes23–27
  4. Francis Bacon11
  5. Elizabeth I of England39
  6. Johannes Keplerborn
  7. Akbar30
  8. Giordano Bruno24
  9. Michel de Montaigne39
  10. Mimar Sinan79–84
  11. Lope de Vega10
  12. Tycho Brahe26
  13. Francis Drake29–34
  14. Ivan the Terrible42
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina47
  16. Caravaggio1
  17. El Greco31
  18. Luís de Camões47–48
  19. Philip II of Spain45
  20. Titian79–84
  21. Teresa of Ávila57
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots30
  23. Henry IV of France19
  24. Christopher Marlowe6–10
  25. James VI and I6
  26. Gregory XIII70
  27. Torquato Tasso28
  28. Pius V68 †
  29. Urban VIII4