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Born in 1538

22 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Charles Borromeo

    Catholic priest, preacher

    1538–1584 · aged 46

    October 12 · 1538

    Source: BeWeB

  2. Diane de France, Duchess of Angoulême

    politician, lady-in-waiting

    1538–1619 · aged 80

    August 4 · 1538

    No external source identified

  3. Maeda Toshiie*

    samurai

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1538

    No external source identified

  4. Christopher Clavius

    astronomer, mathematician

    1538–1612 · aged 73

    April 4 · 1538

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  5. Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

    politician

    1538–1601

    1538

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  6. Turibius of Mongrovejo

    archbishop, Catholic priest

    1538–1606 · aged 67

    November 26 · 1538

    No external source identified

  7. Guglielmo Gonzaga*

    politician, composer

    Date disputed

    April 4 · 1538

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  8. Louis of Nassau

    politician, military leader

    1538–1574 · aged 36

    January 20 · 1538

    No external source identified

  9. Nabeshima Naoshige

    samurai

    1538–1618 · aged 80

    April 22 · 1538

    No external source identified

  10. Infanta Maria of Guimarães

    aristocrat

    1538–1577 · aged 39

    August 22 · 1538

    No external source identified

  11. Gian Paolo Lomazzo*

    artist, art historian

    Date disputed

    May 6 · 1538

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  12. Giovanni Battista Guarini

    writer, diplomat

    1538–1612 · aged 73

    December 20 · 1538

    Source: BeWeB

  13. Albert of Nassau-Weilburg

    count, regent

    1538–1593 · aged 55

    January 5 · 1538

    No external source identified

  14. Irene di Spilimbergo*

    painter, literary scholar

    Date disputed

    October 27 · 1538

    Source: Dizionario biografico dei Friulani

  15. Johan II of East Frisia

    1538–1591 · aged 53

    September 29 · 1538

    No external source identified

  16. Miklós Istvánffy

    humanist, politician

    1538–1615 · aged 76

    December 8 · 1538

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Bonaventura Vulcanius

    university teacher, lexicographer

    1538–1614 · aged 76

    July 10 · 1538

    Source: FINA Wiki

  18. Antonio Carafa

    translator, librarian

    1538–1591 · aged 52

    April 4 · 1538

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  19. Pablo de Céspedes

    architect, scholar

    1538–1608

    1538

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  20. Antonio Abondio

    medalist, sculptor

    1538–1591

    1538

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  21. Francesco Gonzaga

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1538–1566 · aged 27

    December 16 · 1538

    No external source identified

  22. John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony

    aristocrat

    1538–1565 · aged 27

    January 16 · 1538

    Source: SNAC

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