people/1540s

16th-century German noblewoman

Italian cook and steward (died 1548)

Welsh bishop and theologian (c.1545–1604)

English noble and general (1541-1576)

English Jesuit priest

English nobleman and peer (1542–1601)

Japanese painter (1543–1590)

French theologian and philosopher (1541–1603)

Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military leader of Japan from 1603 to 1605

Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1578 to 1588

Samurai warrior

Italian bishop and cardinal (1543–1585)

French nobleman (1547–1622)

Japanese samurai

French churchman and orator

Flemish architect and engineer (1543–1611)

British bishop (died 1615)

Japanese noble (1543–1590)

English lawyer and politician

Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period (1545–1573)

English antiquary and archivist

French statesman

Catholic cardinal and inquisitor (1546–1618)

Italian painter

Lord of Harlingerland (1522-1540)

Italian sculptor

Italian condottiero

Archduke of Inner Austria from 1564 to 1590

English priest, diplomat and MP

Japanese samurai (1546–1619)

French Catholic priest and saint (1544–1607)

Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman

Italian priest (1543–1615)

King of Thomond

Legendary King of Poland for one day in 1587