people/1500s

Chinese writer

Polish princess

Italian humanist

French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan from 1486 to 1502

English noble (1501–1558)

Roman Catholic cardinal

French duchess (1508–1580)

Italian poet and critic

Calvinist Protestant reformer

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

German engraver and miniaturist (1502–1540))

Italian cardinal

Swiss Protestant theologian (1505–1574)

16th-century officer of arms at College of Arms

Japanese Warlord

English Protestant exile

Prophet and messiah claimant (1502–1565)

Shah of Shirvan from 1465 to 1500

16th-century French scholar and printer

Spanish missionary and bishop

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

Italian cardinal

Protestant Italian jurist (1502–1548)

Italian condottiero and general

Burgundian-French Catholic preacher

Dutch theologian

Marshal of France

French cleric

Italian sculptor

Italian bishop and cardinal

Swiss theologian and lexicographer

Luxembourgish historian and annalist (1506–1556)

16th Century Duke of Munsterberg-Oels

Spanish missionary

Spanish explorer

French noble

French sculptor

French aristocrat

Dutch physician and author (1505–1568)

Italian painter (1507–1580)

German historian

Last ruler of Jever from the Wiemken dynasty

Italian Protestant (c. 1504 – 1566)