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Born in 1539

34 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Salima Sultan Begum

    poet

    1539–1612 · aged 73

    March 15 · 1539

    No external source identified

  2. John White

    scientific illustrator, settler

    Date disputed

    1539

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  3. Alessandro Valignano

    writer, Catholic priest

    1539–1606 · aged 66

    February 15 · 1539

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

    poet, chronicler

    1539–1616

    April 12 · 1539

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  5. Edward Seymour

    politician

    1539–1621 · aged 81

    June 1 · 1539

    No external source identified

  6. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex

    military personnel

    Date disputed

    September 26 · 1539

    Source: Find a Grave

  7. Shah Hussain

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Archduchess Barbara of Austria

    aristocrat

    1539–1572 · aged 33

    May 10 · 1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Louis VI of the Palatinate

    ruler

    1539–1583

    July 14 · 1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  10. Federico Zuccari

    painter, architect

    Date disputed

    1539

    Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID

  11. Fausto Sozzini

    theologian

    1539–1604

    December 15 · 1539

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

  12. Giovanni Andrea Doria

    military officer, admiral

    Date disputed

    February 15 · 1539

    Source: OPAC SBN

  13. Ankokuji Ekei

    samurai

    1539–1600

    1539

    No external source identified

  14. Mahinthrathirat

    sovereign

    1539–1569

    1539

    No external source identified

  15. George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    margrave

    1539–1603 · aged 64

    April 5 · 1539

    Source: The Peerage

  16. Jost Amman

    designer, illuminator

    Date disputed

    June 13 · 1539

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  17. Louis Gonzaga

    diplomat, military officer

    1539–1595 · aged 56

    September 28 · 1539

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Luigi d'Este

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1539–1586 · aged 47

    January 4 · 1539

    No external source identified

  19. Catherine Vasa of Sweden

    poet, writer

    1539–1610 · aged 71

    June 16 · 1539

    Source: Katarina (1539-1610), princess of Sweden, countess of Ostfriesland, married to Edz…

  20. Olivier de Serres

    writer, farmer

    1539–1619

    1539

    Source: MAK

  21. Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

    1539–1582

    February 23 · 1539

    No external source identified

  22. Tobias Stimmer

    illustrator, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    April 7 · 1539

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Ichijō Nobutatsu

    samurai

    1539–1582

    1539

    No external source identified

  24. Henry XI of Legnica

    feudatory

    1539–1588 · aged 49

    February 23 · 1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. Elizaveta Ostrogska

    Date disputed

    November 19 · 1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Pierre Pithou

    jurist, philologist

    1539–1596 · aged 56

    November 11 · 1539

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Franciscus Raphelengius

    orientalist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    February 6 · 1539

    Source: Leidse Hoogleraren

  28. Nicolò Donato

    politician

    1539–1618 · aged 79

    February 7 · 1539

    No external source identified

  29. Sebastián de Covarrubias

    writer, lexicographer

    1539–1613 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1539

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  30. Lee San-hae

    painter, poet

    1539–1609 · aged 70

    July 20 · 1539

    No external source identified

  31. Amalia of Neuenahr

    consort, feudatory

    Date disputed

    April 6 · 1539

    No external source identified

  32. Paulus Melissus

    composer, translator

    1539–1602 · aged 62

    December 20 · 1539

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. Luis de Bolaños

    Catholic theologian, missionary

    Date disputed

    1539

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  34. Andrzej Sapieha

    1539–1614

    1539

    No external source identified

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