Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1578?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 1578. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1578: William Harvey.

  1. William Shakespeare14
  2. Galileo Galilei14
  3. Miguel de Cervantes29–33
  4. Francis Bacon17
  5. Elizabeth I of England45
  6. Johannes Kepler6
  7. Peter Paul Rubens1
  8. Akbar36
  9. Giordano Bruno30
  10. Michel de Montaigne45
  11. Mimar Sinan85–90
  12. Lope de Vega16
  13. Tycho Brahe32
  14. Francis Drake35–40
  15. Ivan the Terrible48
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina53
  17. Caravaggio7
  18. El Greco37
  19. Luís de Camões53–54
  20. Philip II of Spain51
  21. Teresa of Ávila63
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots36
  23. Henry IV of France25
  24. Christopher Marlowe12–16
  25. John Donne5–6
  26. James VI and I12
  27. Gregory XIII76
  28. Torquato Tasso34
  29. William Harveyborn
  30. Urban VIII10