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Born in 1508

20 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Humayun

    poet, monarch

    Date disputed

    March 6 · 1508

    Source: iranicaonline.org

  2. Andrea Palladio

    art theorist, architect

    1508–1580

    December 10 · 1508

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  3. Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly

    lady-in-waiting, royal mistress

    1508–date unavailable

    1508

    Source: Collective Biographies of Women

  4. Kamiizumi Nobutsuna

    samurai

    1508–1577

    1508

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  5. Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

    politician

    1508–1559 · aged 51

    April 15 · 1508

    No external source identified

  6. Gemma Frisius

    engraver, mathematician

    Date disputed

    December 18 · 1508

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  7. Pieter Aertsen

    painter

    1508–1575

    1508

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  8. Lodovico Dolce

    writer, translator

    1508–1568

    1508

    Source: Encyclopædia Universalis

  9. Wenzel Jamnitzer

    stampcutter, draftsperson

    1508–1585

    1508

    Source: Artnet

  10. Jacopo Bonfadio

    historian

    1508–1550

    1508

    No external source identified

  11. Empress Xiaojiesu

    1508–1528

    1508

    No external source identified

  12. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

    duke

    1508–1531 · aged 23

    June 10 · 1508

    No external source identified

  13. Mencía de Mendoza y Fonseca

    politician

    1508–1554 · aged 45

    November 30 · 1508

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  14. Alessandro Piccolomini

    playwright, translator

    1508–1579 · aged 70

    June 23 · 1508

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  15. Francis, Duke of Gifhorn

    aristocrat

    1508–1549 · aged 41

    December 3 · 1508

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Jean Daurat

    poet, professor

    1508–1588 · aged 80

    April 23 · 1508

    No external source identified

  17. Gabriel de Luetz

    diplomat

    1508–date unavailable

    1508

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  18. Lelio Orsi

    architect, painter

    1508–1587

    1508

    Source: Art UK

  19. Georg Sabinus

    poet, writer

    1508–1560 · aged 52

    May 13 · 1508

    No external source identified

  20. Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla

    genealogist, Catholic bishop

    1508–1566 · aged 58

    October 5 · 1508

    Source: BnF authorities

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