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Born in 1493

32 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Paracelsus

    pharmacist, chemist

    1493–1541 · aged 47

    November 19 · 1493

    Source: Enciclopedia Treccani

  2. Anne de Montmorency

    art historian, military officer

    1493–1567

    March 24 · 1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Sten Sture the Younger

    politician

    1493–1520

    1493

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  4. Maximilian Sforza

    aristocrat

    1493–1530 · aged 37

    February 3 · 1493

    No external source identified

  5. Anton Fugger

    banker

    1493–1560 · aged 67

    June 19 · 1493

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Yamamoto Kansuke

    samurai

    1493–1561

    1493

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  7. Baccio Bandinelli

    designer, art historian

    1493–1560 · aged 66

    November 21 · 1493

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  8. Olaus Petri

    historian, Protestant theologian

    1493–1552 · aged 59

    January 15 · 1493

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  9. Şaranî

    writer, Sufi

    Date disputed

    1493

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  10. Justus Jonas

    provost, superintendent

    1493–1555 · aged 62

    June 14 · 1493

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Eleonora Gonzaga

    model

    1493–1550 · aged 56

    December 31 · 1493

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  12. João Ramalho

    explorer

    1493–date unavailable

    1493

    No external source identified

  13. Nicolaus Olahus

    politician, historian

    1493–1568 · aged 75

    January 19 · 1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder

    architectural drafter, painter

    1493–1555

    1493

    Source: Art UK painters database

  15. Osanna of Cattaro

    recluse, Christian mystic

    1493–1565 · aged 71

    December 4 · 1493

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  16. Simon Grynaeus

    author, humanist

    1493–1541

    1493

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Bernardo Tasso

    poet, writer

    1493–1569 · aged 75

    November 20 · 1493

    Source: Enciclopedia Treccani

  18. Girolamo Seripando

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1493–1563

    May 15 · 1493

    Source: SNAC

  19. Pedro de Medina

    explorer, cartographer

    1493–1567

    1493

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Helen of the Palatinate

    aristocrat

    1493–1524 · aged 31

    February 18 · 1493

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Anna Bijns

    writer, poet

    1493–1575 · aged 82

    March 13 · 1493

    No external source identified

  22. Agnolo Firenzuola

    writer, poet

    1493–1543

    October 7 · 1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1493–1557

    January 11 · 1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    politician

    1493–1525 · aged 32

    January 9 · 1493

    No external source identified

  25. Nicolas Cleynaerts

    grammarian, hellenist

    1493–1542

    December 5 · 1493

    No external source identified

  26. William IV, Duke of Bavaria

    1493–1550 · aged 56

    November 22 · 1493

    No external source identified

  27. Giovanni Poggio

    Catholic priest, diplomat

    1493–1556 · aged 63

    February 4 · 1493

    No external source identified

  28. Giammaria Mosca

    architect, sculptor

    1493–1574

    1493

    No external source identified

  29. Francesco Sfondrati

    Catholic priest

    1493–1550 · aged 56

    November 3 · 1493

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  30. Petrus Mosellanus

    university teacher, humanist

    1493–date unavailable

    1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  31. Yi Gwang-sik

    military leader

    1493–date unavailable

    November 16 · 1493

    No external source identified

  32. George I, Duke of Pomerania

    aristocrat

    1493–1531 · aged 38

    April 11 · 1493

    Source: The Peerage

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