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Born in 1557

23 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Feodor I of Russia

    politician

    1557–1598 · aged 40

    June 10 · 1557

    Source: Q21450207

  2. Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

    collector, politician

    1557–1619 · aged 62

    March 6 · 1557

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

    consort

    1557–1631 · aged 74

    September 14 · 1557

    No external source identified

  4. Irina Godunova

    nun, Queen Consort of Russia

    1557–1603

    1557

    No external source identified

  5. Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel

    politician

    1557–1595 · aged 38

    July 8 · 1557

    No external source identified

  6. Stephen Bocskai

    military leader, politician

    1557–1606 · aged 49

    January 11 · 1557

    Source: BnF authorities

  7. Agostino Carracci

    painter, printmaker

    1557–1602

    August 26 · 1557

    No external source identified

  8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

    aristocrat

    1557–1608 · aged 50

    August 29 · 1557

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Lew Sapieha

    diplomat, military personnel

    1557–1633 · aged 76

    April 14 · 1557

    Source: Urzędnicy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Spisy, t. VIII, Ziemia brzeska i wojewód…

  10. Sibylle of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

    aristocrat

    1557–1627

    August 26 · 1557

    No external source identified

  11. Vittoria Accoramboni

    1557–1585 · aged 28

    February 25 · 1557

    No external source identified

  12. Juan de Torquemada

    missionary, writer

    1557–1624

    1557

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  13. Leandro Bassano

    painter

    1557–1622 · aged 64

    June 10 · 1557

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  14. Giovanni Croce

    composer

    1557–1609

    1557

    Source: Muziekweb

  15. Çerkes Mehmed Paşa

    politician

    1557–1625

    1557

    No external source identified

  16. Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

    count palatine

    1557–1597 · aged 40

    April 21 · 1557

    No external source identified

  17. Jean de Sponde

    translator, poet

    1557–1595

    1557

    Source: Dictionnaire de spiritualité

  18. Jacques Mauduit

    composer

    1557–1627 · aged 69

    September 26 · 1557

    Source: BnF authorities

  19. Hryhoriy Loboda

    military leader, diplomat

    1557–1596

    April 22 · 1557

    No external source identified

  20. Carolus Luython

    organist, composer

    1557–1620

    1557

    Source: SNAC

  21. Matthias Quad

    xylographer, copper engraver

    1557–1613

    1557

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  22. Antoine Favre

    jurist-consultant, writer

    1557–1624 · aged 66

    October 25 · 1557

    No external source identified

  23. Casimir VI, Duke of Pomerania

    elected bishop

    1557–1605 · aged 48

    March 22 · 1557

    Source: The Peerage

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