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Born in 1554

26 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Philip Sidney

    novelist, writer

    1554–1586 · aged 31

    December 10 · 1554

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

  2. Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia

    composer

    1554–1581

    April 7 · 1554

    Source: Q22811439

  3. Sebastian of Portugal

    politician

    1554–1578 · aged 24

    January 20 · 1554

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  4. Elisabeth of Austria

    queen

    1554–1592 · aged 37

    July 15 · 1554

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Gregory XV

    archbishop, Latin Catholic priest

    1554–1623 · aged 69

    January 19 · 1554

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  6. Philip William, Prince of Orange

    military commander, politician

    1554–1618 · aged 63

    December 29 · 1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  7. James Lancaster

    seafarer, pirate

    1554–1618

    1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Franz Schmidt

    executioner, physician

    Date disputed

    1554

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  9. Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne

    military personnel, duke

    1554–1611 · aged 57

    April 5 · 1554

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  10. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

    writer, politician

    1554–1628 · aged 73

    October 3 · 1554

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Pietro de' Medici

    diplomat

    1554–1604 · aged 49

    June 23 · 1554

    No external source identified

  12. Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette

    military personnel, politician

    1554–1642

    1554

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Bálint Balassi

    poet, writer

    1554–1594 · aged 39

    October 20 · 1554

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  14. Ernest of Bavaria

    Catholic bishop, collector of Paracelsus manuscripts

    1554–1612 · aged 57

    December 27 · 1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  15. Catherine de Parthenay

    playwright, patron of the arts

    1554–1631 · aged 77

    April 1 · 1554

    No external source identified

  16. Diane d'Andoins

    aristocrat

    1554–1620

    1554

    Source: Bibliographie annuelle de l'histoire de France

  17. Leonardus Lessius

    Catholic theologian, theologian

    1554–1623 · aged 68

    October 11 · 1554

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Mir Emad Hassani

    poet, calligrapher

    1554–1615

    1554

    Source: Artnet

  19. Ivan-Yanush Ostrozky

    military personnel

    1554–1620

    1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi

    singer, composer

    Date disputed

    1554

    Source: LIBRIS

  21. Girolamo Diruta

    organist, composer

    1554–1610

    1554

    Source: Musicalics

  22. Marina de Escobar

    Christian mystic, nun

    1554–1633 · aged 79

    February 8 · 1554

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  23. Benedetto Giustiniani

    Catholic priest

    1554–1621 · aged 66

    July 15 · 1554

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  24. Giovanni Giacomo Imperiale Tartaro

    politician

    1554–1622

    1554

    No external source identified

  25. Louis III, Duke of Württemberg

    aristocrat

    1554–1593

    January 11 · 1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Simon VI, Count of Lippe

    painter

    1554–1613 · aged 59

    April 15 · 1554

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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