Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1553?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1553. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1553: Henry IV of France.

Died in 1553: François Rabelais and Edward VI of England.

  1. Michelangelo78
  2. Miguel de Cervantes4–8
  3. Elizabeth I of England20
  4. Akbar11
  5. Jacques Cartier61
  6. Suleiman the Magnificent59
  7. Giordano Bruno5
  8. Michel de Montaigne20
  9. Mimar Sinan60–65
  10. John Calvin44
  11. François Rabelais58 or 59 †
  12. Charles V53
  13. Tycho Brahe7
  14. Nostradamus50
  15. Francis Drake10–15
  16. Ivan the Terrible23
  17. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina28
  18. El Greco12
  19. Luís de Camões28–29
  20. Philip II of Spain26
  21. Titian60–65
  22. Teresa of Ávila38
  23. Mary, Queen of Scots11
  24. Ignatius of Loyola60–64
  25. Henry IV of Franceborn
  26. Mary I37
  27. Gregory XIII51
  28. Edward VI of England15 †
  29. Torquato Tasso9
  30. Pieter Brueghel the Elder25–30
  31. Pius V49