Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1580?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 1580. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1580: Luís de Camões.

  1. William Shakespeare16
  2. Galileo Galilei16
  3. Miguel de Cervantes31–35
  4. Francis Bacon19
  5. Elizabeth I of England47
  6. Johannes Kepler8
  7. Peter Paul Rubens3
  8. Akbar38
  9. Giordano Bruno32
  10. Michel de Montaigne47
  11. Mimar Sinan87–92
  12. Lope de Vega18
  13. Tycho Brahe34
  14. Francis Drake37–42
  15. Ivan the Terrible50
  16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina55
  17. Caravaggio9
  18. El Greco39
  19. Luís de Camões55 †
  20. Philip II of Spain53
  21. Teresa of Ávila65
  22. Mary, Queen of Scots38
  23. Henry IV of France27
  24. Christopher Marlowe14–18
  25. John Donne7–8
  26. James VI and I14
  27. Gregory XIII78
  28. Torquato Tasso36
  29. William Harvey2
  30. Urban VIII12