Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1548?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 1548. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1548: Giordano Bruno.

  1. Michelangelo73
  2. Elizabeth I of England15
  3. Akbar6
  4. Jacques Cartier56
  5. Suleiman the Magnificent54
  6. Giordano Brunoborn
  7. Michel de Montaigne15
  8. Mimar Sinan55–60
  9. John Calvin39
  10. François Rabelais53–54
  11. Charles V48
  12. Tycho Brahe2
  13. Nostradamus45
  14. Francis Drake5–10
  15. Ivan the Terrible18
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina23
  17. El Greco7
  18. Luís de Camões23–24
  19. Philip II of Spain21
  20. Titian55–60
  21. Teresa of Ávila33
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots6
  23. Ignatius of Loyola55–59
  24. Mary I32
  25. Gregory XIII46
  26. Edward VI of England11
  27. Torquato Tasso4
  28. Paul III80
  29. Pieter Brueghel the Elder20–25
  30. Pius V44