Who was alive in 1580?

781 well-known people were alive in 1580, including William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, Miguel de Cervantes. Here are the 80 most notable:

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) — Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) — German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) — Flemish painter (1577–1640)
Akbar (1542–1605) — the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) — French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
Mimar Sinan (1490–1588) — 16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer
Lope de Vega (1562–1635) — Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) — Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
Francis Drake (1540–1596) — English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584) — Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594) — Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)
El Greco (1541–1614) — Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) — 16th-century Portuguese poet
Caravaggio (1571–1610) — Italian painter (1571–1610)
Philip II of Spain (1527–1598) — King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) — Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) — Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 (1542–1587)
Henry IV of France (1553–1610) — King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) — English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)
John Donne (1572–1631) — English poet and cleric (1572-1631)
Gregory XIII (1502–1585) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 (1502–1585)
James VI and I (1566–1625) — King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) — Italian poet (1544–1595)
William Harvey (1578–1657) — English physician (1578-1657)
Urban VIII (1568–1644) — 235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
Paul V (1552–1621) — 233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) — English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)
Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589) — queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)
Leo XI (1535–1605) — pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) — founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
John Napier (1550–1617) — Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) — Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
Jacopo Tintoretto (1519–1594) — Renaissance painter (1518/1519–1594)
Gregory XV (1554–1623) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554–1623)
Sixtus V (1521–1590) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
Clement VIII (1536–1605) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 (1536–1605)
Abbas the Great (1571–1629) — Shah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)
Urban VII (1521–1590) — pope of the Catholic Church in September 1590
William the Silent (1533–1584) — Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533-1584)
Innocent X (1574–1655) — pope from 1644 to 1655
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) — Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
John of the Cross (1542–1591) — Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)
Jahangir I (1569–1627) — the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) — Italian painter of the Renaissance (1528–1588)
Gregory XIV (1535–1591) — Pope from 1590 to 1591 (1535–1591)
Willem Barents (1550–1597) — Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) — Italian architect (1508–1580)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) — Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
Murad III (1546–1595) — 12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)
Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) — English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585) — French poet (1524-1585)
Henry III of France (1551–1589) — King of France from 1574 to 1589 (1551-1589)
Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) — English poet (c. 1552 – 1599)
Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639) — Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)
Philip III of Spain (1578–1621) — King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal (1578-1621)
Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) — Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
Mehmed III (1566–1603) — 13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595–1603)
Francis de Sales (1567–1622) — French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)
Innocent IX (1519–1591) — pope of the Catholic Church in 1591 (1519–1591)
Tulsidas (1511–) — Hindu saint and poet (1532–1623), author of the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa
William Gilbert (1544–1603) — English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)
Boris Godunov (1552–1605) — Russian Tsar (1598–1605)
Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635) — 16/17th-century French explorer of North America
Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612) — Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1552-1612)
Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) — English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
Henry Hudson (1565–1611) — English explorer b1565
Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) — King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578–1637) — Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret of Valois (1553–1615) — Queen of France and Navarre until 1599 (1553-1615).
François Viète (1540–1603) — French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)
Marie de' Medici (1575–1642) — Queen of France (1575-1642); second wife of King Henry IV of France
Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) — Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)
Christian IV of Denmark (1577–1648) — king of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593) — Italian painter of the late Renaissance (1527–1593)
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625) — Italian painter (c.1532-1625)

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