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Born in 1544

20 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Francis II of France

    politician

    1544–1560 · aged 16

    January 29 · 1544

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  2. Torquato Tasso

    writer, prose writer

    1544–1595

    March 21 · 1544

    Source: Enciclopedia Treccani

  3. William Gilbert

    physicist, philosopher

    1544–1603

    June 3 · 1544

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  4. Renata of Lorraine

    aristocrat

    1544–1602 · aged 58

    April 30 · 1544

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Takenaka Shigeharu

    samurai

    1544–1579 · aged 34

    October 7 · 1544

    No external source identified

  6. Dadu Dayal

    philosopher, poet

    1544–1603

    1544

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  7. Urbano Monti

    cartographer, historian

    1544–1613 · aged 68

    August 26 · 1544

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  8. Empress Dowager Xiaoding

    politician

    1544–1614

    1544

    No external source identified

  9. Sigismund Rákóczi

    politician

    1544–1608

    1544

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  10. Dorothea Susanne of Simmern

    aristocrat

    1544–1592 · aged 47

    November 15 · 1544

    Source: The Peerage

  11. Gillis van Coninxloo

    painter, draftsperson

    1544–1607 · aged 62

    February 3 · 1544

    Source: RKDartists

  12. César de Bus

    Catholic priest

    1544–1607 · aged 63

    February 3 · 1544

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania

    aristocrat

    1544–1606 · aged 61

    August 19 · 1544

    No external source identified

  14. Hasan Kafi Pruščak

    theologian, historian

    1544–1615

    1544

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  15. Giovanni Maria Nanino

    composer, singer

    1544–1607

    1544

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  16. Dirck Gerritsz Pomp

    explorer

    1544–1608

    1544

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Joseph Duchesne

    physician, diplomat

    1544–1609

    1544

    Source: Trove

  18. Jean Papire Masson

    geographer, biographer

    1544–1611 · aged 66

    May 16 · 1544

    Source: BnF authorities

  19. Antoine du Verdier

    bibliophile, scholar

    1544–1600

    1544

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Christian Wurstisen

    astronomer, university teacher

    1544–1588 · aged 43

    December 23 · 1544

    No external source identified

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