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Who Was Alive in 1553

8 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1553

Michelangelo
MichelangeloAge 78
1475–1564 · Art
Sistine Chapel, David sculpture
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the MagnificentAge 59
1494–1566 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning Ottoman sultan
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth IAge 20
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis DrakeAge about 13
1540–1596 · Exploration
English sea captain, circumnavigator
Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 11
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 10
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Tycho Brahe
Tycho BraheAge 7
1546–1601 · Science & Invention
Astronomer of precise naked-eye observations
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 6
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote

Also Born in 1553

1553–1610 · born December 13
King of France from 1589 to 1610
1553–1615 · born May 14
Queen of France (1589–1599) and Navarre (1572–1599)

Also Died in 1553

1494–1553 · died April 9
French writer and humanist (died 1553)
1537–1553 · died July 6
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
1511–1553 · died October 27
16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist
1472–1553 · died October 16
German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
1478–1553 · died August 6
Italian physician, poet, and scholar

Sources

  1. 1553 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Michelangelo — Wikipedia
  3. Suleiman the Magnificent — Wikipedia
  4. Elizabeth I — Wikipedia
  5. Francis Drake — Wikipedia
  6. Akbar — Wikipedia
  7. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  8. Tycho Brahe — Wikipedia
  9. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
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