Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1558?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1558. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1558: Charles V and Mary I.

  1. Michelangelo83
  2. Miguel de Cervantes9–13
  3. Elizabeth I of England25
  4. Akbar16
  5. Suleiman the Magnificent64
  6. Giordano Bruno10
  7. Michel de Montaigne25
  8. Mimar Sinan65–70
  9. John Calvin49
  10. Charles V58 †
  11. Tycho Brahe12
  12. Nostradamus55
  13. Francis Drake15–20
  14. Ivan the Terrible28
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina33
  16. El Greco17
  17. Luís de Camões33–34
  18. Philip II of Spain31
  19. Titian65–70
  20. Teresa of Ávila43
  21. Mary, Queen of Scots16
  22. Henry IV of France5
  23. Mary I42 †
  24. Gregory XIII56
  25. Torquato Tasso14
  26. Pieter Brueghel the Elder30–35
  27. Pius V54