Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1577?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1577. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1577: Peter Paul Rubens.

  1. William Shakespeare13
  2. Galileo Galilei13
  3. Miguel de Cervantes28–32
  4. Francis Bacon16
  5. Elizabeth I of England44
  6. Johannes Kepler5
  7. Peter Paul Rubensborn
  8. Akbar35
  9. Giordano Bruno29
  10. Michel de Montaigne44
  11. Mimar Sinan84–89
  12. Lope de Vega15
  13. Tycho Brahe31
  14. Francis Drake34–39
  15. Ivan the Terrible47
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina52
  17. Caravaggio6
  18. El Greco36
  19. Luís de Camões52–53
  20. Philip II of Spain50
  21. Teresa of Ávila62
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots35
  23. Henry IV of France24
  24. Christopher Marlowe11–15
  25. John Donne4–5
  26. James VI and I11
  27. Gregory XIII75
  28. Torquato Tasso33
  29. Urban VIII9