Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1524?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1524. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo49
  2. Martin Luther41
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli55
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus51
  5. Albrecht Dürer53
  6. Vasco da Gama54–66
  7. Hernán Cortés38–39
  8. Jacques Cartier32
  9. Erasmus58
  10. Suleiman the Magnificent30
  11. Mimar Sinan31–36
  12. John Calvin15
  13. François Rabelais29–30
  14. Thomas More44–48
  15. Charles V24
  16. Nostradamus21
  17. Henry VIII of England33
  18. Titian31–36
  19. Teresa of Ávila9
  20. Babur41
  21. Guru Nanak55
  22. Paracelsus31
  23. Ignatius of Loyola31–35
  24. Anne Boleyn23
  25. Mary I8
  26. Huldrych Zwingli40
  27. Gregory XIII22
  28. Paul III56
  29. Ludovico Ariosto50
  30. Francis I of France30
  31. Pius V20
  32. Francisco Pizarro44–48