Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1540?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 1540. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Michelangelo65
  2. Martin Luther57
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus67
  4. Elizabeth I of England7
  5. Hernán Cortés54–55
  6. Jacques Cartier48
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent46
  8. Michel de Montaigne7
  9. Mimar Sinan47–52
  10. John Calvin31
  11. François Rabelais45–46
  12. Charles V40
  13. Nostradamus37
  14. Henry VIII of England49
  15. Ivan the Terrible10
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina15
  17. Luís de Camões15–16
  18. Philip II of Spain13
  19. Titian47–52
  20. Teresa of Ávila25
  21. Paracelsus47
  22. Ignatius of Loyola47–51
  23. Mary I24
  24. Gregory XIII38
  25. Edward VI of England3
  26. Paul III72
  27. Francis I of France46
  28. Pieter Brueghel the Elder12–17
  29. Pius V36
  30. Francisco Pizarro60–64