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Born in 1562

28 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Lope de Vega

    librettist, Catholic priest

    1562–1635 · aged 72

    December 5 · 1562

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  2. Katō Kiyomasa

    samurai

    1562–1611 · aged 48

    August 4 · 1562

    No external source identified

  3. Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy

    monarch

    1562–1630 · aged 68

    January 22 · 1562

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Xu Guangqi

    mathematician, translator

    Date disputed

    April 24 · 1562

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  5. John Bull

    organist, organ builder

    1562–1628

    1562

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Vincenzo Gonzaga

    art collector, patron of the arts

    1562–1612 · aged 49

    October 1 · 1562

    Source: RKDartists

  7. John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

    Catholic priest

    1562–1609 · aged 46

    June 7 · 1562

    Source: deutsche-biographie.de

  8. Isabella Andreini

    actor, poet

    1562–1604

    1562

    Source: BnF authorities

  9. George Abbot

    translator, theologian

    1562–1633 · aged 70

    October 19 · 1562

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Hercule, Lord of Monaco

    politician

    1562–1604

    October 4 · 1562

    No external source identified

  11. Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena

    politician

    1562–1628 · aged 66

    October 11 · 1562

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  12. Pietro Bernini

    architect, sculptor

    Date disputed

    May 16 · 1562

    Source: BeWeB

  13. Maeda Toshinaga

    samurai

    1562–1614 · aged 52

    February 25 · 1562

    No external source identified

  14. Francis Godwin

    Anglican priest, historian

    1562–1633

    1562

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  15. Bento de Góis

    explorer, missionary

    1562–1607

    1562

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  16. Kurushima Michifusa

    samurai

    1562–1597

    1562

    No external source identified

  17. Tsutsui Sadatsugu

    samurai

    1562–1615 · aged 52

    June 16 · 1562

    No external source identified

  18. Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme

    archbishop, prelate

    1562–1594 · aged 32

    April 9 · 1562

    Source: webdept.fiu.edu

  19. George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

    aristocrat

    1562–1623 · aged 60

    September 11 · 1562

    No external source identified

  20. Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

    university teacher, astronomer

    1562–1647 · aged 84

    October 14 · 1562

    No external source identified

  21. Anne of Ostfriesland

    ruler

    1562–1621

    July 6 · 1562

    No external source identified

  22. Oliva Sabuco

    philosopher, writer

    1562–1622

    December 12 · 1562

    Source: Royal Academy of History

  23. Francesco Sforza

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1562–1624 · aged 61

    November 16 · 1562

    No external source identified

  24. François de Joyeuse

    archbishop, Catholic priest

    1562–1615 · aged 53

    July 4 · 1562

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

    jurist, Latin Catholic priest

    1562–1631 · aged 68

    August 26 · 1562

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  26. Gao Panlong

    writer, scholar

    1562–1626

    August 13 · 1562

    No external source identified

  27. Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

    regent

    1562–1602 · aged 40

    May 5 · 1562

    No external source identified

  28. James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

    ruler

    1562–1590 · aged 28

    June 5 · 1562

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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