Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1544?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1544. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1544: Torquato Tasso.

  1. Michelangelo69
  2. Martin Luther61
  3. Elizabeth I of England11
  4. Hernán Cortés58–59
  5. Akbar2
  6. Jacques Cartier52
  7. Suleiman the Magnificent50
  8. Michel de Montaigne11
  9. Mimar Sinan51–56
  10. John Calvin35
  11. François Rabelais49–50
  12. Charles V44
  13. Nostradamus41
  14. Francis Drake1–6
  15. Henry VIII of England53
  16. Ivan the Terrible14
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina19
  18. El Greco3
  19. Luís de Camões19–20
  20. Philip II of Spain17
  21. Titian51–56
  22. Teresa of Ávila29
  23. Mary, Queen of Scots2
  24. Ignatius of Loyola51–55
  25. Mary I28
  26. Gregory XIII42
  27. Edward VI of England7
  28. Torquato Tassoborn
  29. Paul III76
  30. Francis I of France50
  31. Pieter Brueghel the Elder16–21
  32. Pius V40