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Born in 1540

54 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Pratap Singh*

    politician

    Date disputed

    May 19 · 1540

    No external source identified

  2. Katherine Grey

    1540–1568 · aged 27

    September 4 · 1540

    No external source identified

  3. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

    military leader

    1540–1616

    1540

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  4. Edmund Campion

    Catholic priest, playwright

    1540–1581

    January 25 · 1540

    Source: Česká divadelní encyklopedie

  5. John Sigismund Zápolya

    organist, politician

    1540–1571 · aged 30

    July 7 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Joseph Justus Scaliger

    numismatist, writer

    1540–1609 · aged 68

    August 15 · 1540

    Source: ECARTICO

  7. Charles II, Archduke of Austria

    aristocrat

    1540–1590 · aged 50

    June 3 · 1540

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  8. Paschal Baylon

    lay brother, friar

    1540–1592 · aged 51

    June 3 · 1540

    No external source identified

  9. Princess Maria de' Medici of Tuscany

    1540–1557 · aged 17

    April 23 · 1540

    No external source identified

  10. Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli

    courtier, politician

    1540–1592 · aged 51

    July 9 · 1540

    No external source identified

  11. `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni

    linguist, author

    1540–1615 · aged 75

    August 31 · 1540

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  12. Christopher Hatton

    judge, jurist

    1540–1591

    1540

    Source: SNAC

  13. Toyotomi Hidenaga

    samurai

    1540–1591 · aged 50

    April 18 · 1540

    No external source identified

  14. Magnus, Duke of Holstein

    landlord

    1540–1583 · aged 42

    September 5 · 1540

    No external source identified

  15. Won Gyun

    military officer

    1540–1597 · aged 57

    February 22 · 1540

    No external source identified

  16. Ludolph van Ceulen

    fencer, university teacher

    1540–1610 · aged 70

    February 7 · 1540

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  17. Princess Cecilia of Sweden*

    politician

    Date disputed

    November 6 · 1540

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  18. José de Acosta*

    naturalist, preacher

    Date disputed

    October 11 · 1540

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  19. Shima Sakon

    samurai

    1540–1600 · aged 60

    June 19 · 1540

    No external source identified

  20. Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

    politician

    1540–1614 · aged 74

    March 6 · 1540

    No external source identified

  21. Infanta Catherine, Duchess of Braganza

    1540–1614 · aged 74

    January 28 · 1540

    No external source identified

  22. Sedefkar Mehmed Ağa

    writer, architect

    1540–1617

    1540

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  23. Madhusudan Sarasvati

    philosopher, religious leader

    1540–1647

    1540

    No external source identified

  24. Gasparo da Salò

    violin maker, luthier

    1540–1609 · aged 68

    May 30 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme

    historian, writer

    1540–1614

    1540

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  26. Simone Peterzano

    painter

    1540–1599

    1540

    Source: RKDartists

  27. Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    aristocrat

    1540–1602 · aged 62

    February 23 · 1540

    No external source identified

  28. George Gower

    painter

    1540–1596

    1540

    Source: Athenaeum

  29. Giovanni Artusi

    Catholic priest, music theorist

    1540–1613

    1540

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Ignatius of Moscow

    patriarch

    1540–1620

    1540

    No external source identified

  31. Seraphin of Montegranaro

    religious

    1540–1604

    1540

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  32. Bernardino de Mendoza

    military officer, politician

    1540–1604

    1540

    Source: Early Modern Letters Online

  33. Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim

    aristocrat

    1540–1594 · aged 53

    June 30 · 1540

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière

    aristocrat

    1540–1592

    1540

    No external source identified

  35. Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

    astronomer, explorer

    1540–1596

    1540

    Source: link.springer.com

  36. Adolf of Nassau

    military personnel

    1540–1568 · aged 27

    July 11 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Filippo Sassetti

    explorer, businessperson

    1540–1588 · aged 47

    October 6 · 1540

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Girolamo Bernerio

    Catholic priest

    1540–1611

    November 24 · 1540

    No external source identified

  39. Bernardo Morando

    urban planner, architect

    1540–1600

    1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  40. Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin

    ruler

    1540–1578

    September 8 · 1540

    No external source identified

  41. Jacques Besson

    engineer, mathematician

    1540–1573

    1540

    Source: The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950

  42. Paolo Fiammingo

    painter

    1540–1596

    1540

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  43. Alfonso Gesualdo

    Catholic priest

    1540–1603 · aged 62

    October 30 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Anna of Veldenz

    politician

    1540–1586 · aged 45

    November 22 · 1540

    No external source identified

  45. Paolo Paruta

    historian, politician

    1540–1598 · aged 58

    May 24 · 1540

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Alfonso Carafa

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1540–1565 · aged 25

    July 26 · 1540

    No external source identified

  47. Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga

    Catholic priest

    1540–1591 · aged 51

    December 18 · 1540

    No external source identified

  48. Antoine de Bertrand

    composer

    1540–1581

    1540

    No external source identified

  49. Marcin Leopolita*

    composer

    Date disputed

    1540

    Source: id.loc.gov

  50. Agostino Doria

    politician

    1540–1607

    1540

    No external source identified

  51. Magdalena Pietersz*

    painter

    Date disputed

    1540

    Source: RKDartists

  52. Wasyl Ciapiński

    humanist, translator

    Born 1540

    1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  53. John VII, Count of Oldenburg

    1540–1603 · aged 63

    September 19 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

    aristocrat

    1540–1570 · aged 29

    March 27 · 1540

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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