Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1576?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1576. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1576: Titian.

  1. William Shakespeare12
  2. Galileo Galilei12
  3. Miguel de Cervantes27–31
  4. Francis Bacon15
  5. Elizabeth I of England43
  6. Johannes Kepler4
  7. Akbar34
  8. Giordano Bruno28
  9. Michel de Montaigne43
  10. Mimar Sinan83–88
  11. Lope de Vega14
  12. Tycho Brahe30
  13. Francis Drake33–38
  14. Ivan the Terrible46
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina51
  16. Caravaggio5
  17. El Greco35
  18. Luís de Camões51–52
  19. Philip II of Spain49
  20. Titian†
  21. Teresa of Ávila61
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots34
  23. Henry IV of France23
  24. Christopher Marlowe10–14
  25. John Donne3–4
  26. James VI and I10
  27. Gregory XIII74
  28. Torquato Tasso32
  29. Urban VIII8