Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1573?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1573. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. William Shakespeare9
  2. Galileo Galilei9
  3. Miguel de Cervantes24–28
  4. Francis Bacon12
  5. Elizabeth I of England40
  6. Johannes Kepler1
  7. Akbar31
  8. Giordano Bruno25
  9. Michel de Montaigne40
  10. Mimar Sinan80–85
  11. Lope de Vega11
  12. Tycho Brahe27
  13. Francis Drake30–35
  14. Ivan the Terrible43
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina48
  16. Caravaggio2
  17. El Greco32
  18. Luís de Camões48–49
  19. Philip II of Spain46
  20. Titian80–85
  21. Teresa of Ávila58
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots31
  23. Henry IV of France20
  24. Christopher Marlowe7–11
  25. John Donne0–1
  26. James VI and I7
  27. Gregory XIII71
  28. Torquato Tasso29
  29. Urban VIII5