Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1537?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1537. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1537: Edward VI of England.

  1. Michelangelo62
  2. Martin Luther54
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus64
  4. Elizabeth I of England4
  5. Hernán Cortés51–52
  6. Jacques Cartier45
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent43
  8. Michel de Montaigne4
  9. Mimar Sinan44–49
  10. John Calvin28
  11. François Rabelais42–43
  12. Charles V37
  13. Nostradamus34
  14. Henry VIII of England46
  15. Ivan the Terrible7
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina12
  17. Luís de Camões12–13
  18. Philip II of Spain10
  19. Titian44–49
  20. Teresa of Ávila22
  21. Guru Nanak68
  22. Paracelsus44
  23. Ignatius of Loyola44–48
  24. Mary I21
  25. Gregory XIII35
  26. Edward VI of Englandborn
  27. Paul III69
  28. Francis I of France43
  29. Pieter Brueghel the Elder9–14
  30. Pius V33
  31. Francisco Pizarro57–61