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Born in 1488

26 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Jungjong of Joseon

    Date disputed

    March 14 · 1488

    No external source identified

  2. Hernando Colón

    seafarer, biographer

    1488–1539 · aged 50

    August 24 · 1488

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  3. Mother Shipton

    witch, clairvoyant

    1488–1561

    1488

    Source: womensprinthistoryproject.com

  4. Germaine of Foix

    aristocrat

    1488–1536

    1488

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Ulrich von Hutten

    writer, monk

    1488–1523 · aged 35

    April 30 · 1488

    No external source identified

  6. Sebastian Münster

    Protestant reformer, translator

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1488

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  7. Cristóbal de Olid

    military personnel, conquistador

    Date disputed

    1488

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden

    politician, lawyer

    1488–1544

    1488

    No external source identified

  9. Johannes Magnus

    historian, Catholic archbishop

    1488–1544 · aged 56

    March 28 · 1488

    Source: SNAC

  10. Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria

    politician

    1488–1550 · aged 61

    December 26 · 1488

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  11. Francis of Waldeck

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1488–1553 · aged 65

    July 16 · 1488

    No external source identified

  12. Sidonie of Bavaria

    aristocrat

    1488–1505 · aged 16

    May 10 · 1488

    No external source identified

  13. Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet

    diplomat, military personnel

    Date disputed

    1488

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Ursula of Brandenburg

    aristocrat

    1488–1510 · aged 21

    October 26 · 1488

    No external source identified

  15. Duarte de Meneses

    military officer

    1488–1539

    1488

    No external source identified

  16. György Zápolya

    military leader

    1488–1526

    1488

    No external source identified

  17. Helius Eobanus Hessus

    humanist, writer

    1488–1540 · aged 52

    January 15 · 1488

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  18. John George, Marquess of Montferrat

    ruler

    1488–1533 · aged 45

    January 20 · 1488

    No external source identified

  19. Alonso de Covarrubias

    architect, sculptor

    1488–1570

    1488

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  20. Oswald Myconius

    Protestant reformer, theologian

    1488–1552

    1488

    Source: Open Library

  21. Juan Álvarez de Toledo

    Latin Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1488–1557 · aged 69

    July 24 · 1488

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  22. Pedro Pacheco de Villena

    Catholic priest

    1488–1560 · aged 71

    July 8 · 1488

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  23. Michael Weiße

    poet, translator

    1488–1534

    1488

    Source: KANTO

  24. Marius Nizolius

    philologist, linguist

    1488–1567 · aged 79

    March 14 · 1488

    No external source identified

  25. Caspar Aquila

    university teacher, theologian

    1488–1560 · aged 72

    August 25 · 1488

    No external source identified

  26. Giovanni da Nola

    architect, sculptor

    1488–1558

    1488

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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