people/1550s

English Roman Catholic priest and martyr

English peer

German-born Dutch printmaker, draftsman and painter (1558–1617)

Heir-apparent to the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

French poet

English merchant

English Roman Catholic priest

German rabbi (1555–1636)

MP-Eng and Sherrif of Norfolk & Suffolk

Duke of Guise (1551–1588)

Member of the Parliament of England

English politician (1558–1601)

Dutch sailor who travelled to Japan (1556–1623)

Italian Catholic saint (1550–1614)

English academic and Roman Catholic priest

German physician

English clergyman

Member of the Parliament of England

Catholic friar

Italian painter

English antiquarian (1551–1623)

English Roman Catholic priest and martyr

Doge of Venice from 1625 to 1629

Spanish nobleman

Italian painter

Member of the Parliament of England

German painter (1552–1615)

Spanish diplomat and traveller (1550–1624)

Italian writer and actor

Grand vizier of Mughal emperor Akbar from 1579 to 1602

Venetian physician and botanist

Flemish painter (1558–1633)

Japanese daimyō

General, Wazir and King (1501-1556)

English clergyman

Founding Khan of the Later Jin dynasty

French military commander (1551–1586)

German countess (1558–1599)

Japanese painter (1559–1635)

French nobleman (1551–1614)

English Member of Parliament, courtier and diplomat

16th-century English translator, poet, and playwright

English divine