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Born in 1526

32 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

    politician

    1526–1596 · aged 70

    March 4 · 1526

    Source: SNAC

  2. Catherine Jagellon

    queen regnant

    1526–1583

    November 11 · 1526

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  3. Elizabeth of Austria

    aristocrat

    1526–1545 · aged 18

    July 9 · 1526

    No external source identified

  4. Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf

    engineer, astronomer

    Date disputed

    June 14 · 1526

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

    aristocrat

    1526–1586 · aged 60

    February 4 · 1526

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Benedict the Moor

    friar

    1526–1589 · aged 63

    March 31 · 1526

    No external source identified

  7. Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon

    translator, aristocrat

    Date disputed

    1526

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Augustus, Elector of Saxony

    ruler

    1526–1586 · aged 59

    July 31 · 1526

    Source: RKDartists

  9. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

    count palatine, aristocrat

    1526–1569 · aged 42

    October 6 · 1526

    No external source identified

  10. Matsudaira Hirotada

    daimyo

    1526–1549 · aged 22

    June 19 · 1526

    No external source identified

  11. Pedro de Ursúa

    explorer

    1526–1561

    1526

    Source: SNAC

  12. Carolus Clusius

    mycologist, physician

    1526–1609 · aged 83

    March 1 · 1526

    Source: FINA Wiki

  13. Claude of Lorraine, duke of Aumale

    soldier

    1526–1573 · aged 46

    August 28 · 1526

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  14. Louis Bertrand

    friar, Catholic priest

    1526–1581 · aged 55

    January 11 · 1526

    No external source identified

  15. Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha

    writer, politician

    1526–1585

    1526

    No external source identified

  16. Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer

    merchant, shipbuilder

    1526–1588

    1526

    Source: FemBio database

  17. Hachisuka Masakatsu

    samurai

    1526–1586

    1526

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  18. Baki

    Divan poet, writer

    1526–1600

    1526

    Source: Open Library

  19. Ferenc Tahy

    politician

    1526–1573

    1526

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  20. Gonçalo da Silveira

    missionary

    1526–1561 · aged 35

    March 5 · 1526

    No external source identified

  21. John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

    aristocrat

    1526–1576

    January 2 · 1526

    No external source identified

  22. Fabritio Caroso

    dancer, choreographer

    1526–1605

    1526

    Source: SNAC

  23. Heinrich Rantzau

    politician, humanist

    1526–1598 · aged 72

    March 21 · 1526

    No external source identified

  24. Muretus

    philosopher, humanist

    1526–1585 · aged 59

    May 2 · 1526

    No external source identified

  25. Martin Crusius

    writer, classical philologist

    1526–1607 · aged 80

    September 29 · 1526

    Source: Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg

  26. Hubert Goltzius

    art historian, writer

    1526–1583

    November 9 · 1526

    Source: ECARTICO

  27. Manuel Álvares

    grammarian, teacher

    1526–1583

    1526

    No external source identified

  28. Wang Shizhen

    historian, politician

    1526–1590 · aged 64

    December 8 · 1526

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Giovanni Battista Zelotti

    draftsperson, painter

    1526–1578

    1526

    Source: Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive

  30. Martin Garzez

    hospitaller, warrior monk

    1526–1601

    1526

    No external source identified

  31. Niccolò Caetani

    Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    March 5 · 1526

    No external source identified

  32. Philip III, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

    1526–1561 · aged 34

    December 10 · 1526

    No external source identified

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