people/1560s

Flemish Renaissance architect, artist, and economist

English peer and MP

Scottish nobleman (1562–1612)

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman

English author, historian and cleric (1562-1633)

English poet and playwright (1562–1619)

Samurai

French organ builder (c.1560–1636)

Korean painter and poet (1563–1589)

Jesuit hagiographer

Spanish noble

Dutch Golden Age painter

Welsh writer

Korean rebel leader (1521–1562)

Daimyo

Lord Mayor of London, 1627–1636

English merchant and politician

German Jesuit writer (1562–1625)

Russian rebel leader (1565–1608)

Flemish painter

German Jesuit theologian, author and religious instructor

Dutch painter (1560–1602)

Polish noble (1569–1611)

Scottish nobleman (c.1518–1569)

Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher

Dutch painter (1568–1623)

Dutch theologian (1568–1646)

English politician

English politician (1569–1645)

English actor and theatre manager (1566–1630)

English Roman Catholic printer, writer and translator

16th-century English politician

English astrologer and physician

English Roman Catholic scholar and writer

English antiquary and lawyer (1567–1640)

Scottish Presbyterian minister (1568 – 1646)

English politician (1568–1631)

English Jesuit priest

English politician (1569–1627)

Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1592-1609)

French protestant preacher

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