Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1570?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1570. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. William Shakespeare6
  2. Galileo Galilei6
  3. Miguel de Cervantes21–25
  4. Francis Bacon9
  5. Elizabeth I of England37
  6. Akbar28
  7. Giordano Bruno22
  8. Michel de Montaigne37
  9. Mimar Sinan77–82
  10. Lope de Vega8
  11. Tycho Brahe24
  12. Francis Drake27–32
  13. Ivan the Terrible40
  14. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina45
  15. El Greco29
  16. Luís de Camões45–46
  17. Philip II of Spain43
  18. Titian77–82
  19. Teresa of Ávila55
  20. Mary, Queen of Scots28
  21. Henry IV of France17
  22. Christopher Marlowe4–8
  23. James VI and I4
  24. Gregory XIII68
  25. Torquato Tasso26
  26. Pius V66
  27. Urban VIII2