Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1574?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1574. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. William Shakespeare10
  2. Galileo Galilei10
  3. Miguel de Cervantes25–29
  4. Francis Bacon13
  5. Elizabeth I of England41
  6. Johannes Kepler2
  7. Akbar32
  8. Giordano Bruno26
  9. Michel de Montaigne41
  10. Mimar Sinan81–86
  11. Lope de Vega12
  12. Tycho Brahe28
  13. Francis Drake31–36
  14. Ivan the Terrible44
  15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina49
  16. Caravaggio3
  17. El Greco33
  18. Luís de Camões49–50
  19. Philip II of Spain47
  20. Titian81–86
  21. Teresa of Ávila59
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots32
  23. Henry IV of France21
  24. Christopher Marlowe8–12
  25. John Donne1–2
  26. James VI and I8
  27. Gregory XIII72
  28. Torquato Tasso30
  29. Urban VIII6