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Born in 1517

24 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

    lady-in-waiting

    1517–1559

    July 26 · 1517

    No external source identified

  2. Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

    politician

    1517–1554 · aged 37

    January 27 · 1517

    No external source identified

  3. Ōgimachi

    sovereign

    1517–1593 · aged 75

    June 28 · 1517

    No external source identified

  4. Li Shizhen

    pharmacist, pharmacologist

    1517–1593

    July 13 · 1517

    No external source identified

  5. Amalia of Cleves

    poet, writer

    1517–1586 · aged 68

    October 27 · 1517

    No external source identified

  6. Gotthard Kettler

    politician

    1517–1587 · aged 70

    February 12 · 1517

    No external source identified

  7. Gioseffo Zarlino

    music theorist, composer

    1517–1590

    April 1 · 1517

    No external source identified

  8. Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

    diplomat, politician

    1517–1586 · aged 69

    August 30 · 1517

    Source: BnF authorities

  9. Manuel da Nóbrega

    Catholic priest, writer

    1517–1570 · aged 53

    October 28 · 1517

    No external source identified

  10. Bahram Mirza

    sovereign, music theorist

    1517–1549 · aged 32

    September 7 · 1517

    No external source identified

  11. Rembert Dodoens

    university teacher, physician

    1517–1585 · aged 67

    July 9 · 1517

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  12. Francisco de Holanda

    sculptor, writer

    1517–1584 · aged 66

    September 6 · 1517

    Source: RKDartists

  13. Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort

    military personnel, military leader

    1517–1604 · aged 86

    August 22 · 1517

    No external source identified

  14. Carlo Carafa

    diplomat, Catholic deacon

    1517–1561 · aged 43

    April 18 · 1517

    No external source identified

  15. Odet de Coligny

    Catholic priest, diplomat

    1517–1571 · aged 53

    July 20 · 1517

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Jacques Pelletier du Mans

    translator, mathematician

    1517–1583

    August 4 · 1517

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Klas Horn

    military personnel

    1517–1566

    1517

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  18. Niccolò Circignani

    painter

    1517–1596

    1517

    No external source identified

  19. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

    monarch

    1517–1545 · aged 27

    September 2 · 1517

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  20. Antonio Agustín y Albanell

    humanist, jurist

    1517–1586 · aged 69

    March 8 · 1517

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  21. Antonio Scandello

    composer

    1517–1580 · aged 63

    January 27 · 1517

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Hubert Waelrant

    composer, singer

    1517–1595

    1517

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  23. Fulvio Giulio della Corgna

    bishop, Catholic bishop

    1517–1583 · aged 65

    November 29 · 1517

    No external source identified

  24. Luigi Cornaro

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1517–1584 · aged 67

    February 22 · 1517

    No external source identified

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