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Who Was Alive in 1587

12 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1587

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth IAge 54
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis DrakeAge about 47
1540–1596 · Exploration
English sea captain, circumnavigator
Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 45
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 44
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Tycho Brahe
Tycho BraheAge 41
1546–1601 · Science & Invention
Astronomer of precise naked-eye observations
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 40
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 26
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 23
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 23
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 16
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 16
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 10
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter

Also Died in 1587

1541–1587 · died October 17
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1574 to 1587
1516–1587 · died April 18
English historian and martyrologist (died 1587)

Sources

  1. 1587 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Elizabeth I — Wikipedia
  3. Francis Drake — Wikipedia
  4. Akbar — Wikipedia
  5. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  6. Tycho Brahe — Wikipedia
  7. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
  8. Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
  9. Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
  10. William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
  11. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  12. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  13. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
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