Who Was Alive in 1581

Elizabeth IAge 48

1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership

Queen of England, the Elizabethan era

Sir Francis DrakeAge 41

1540–1596 · Exploration

English sea captain, circumnavigator

Akbar the GreatAge 39

1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership

Mughal emperor who unified India

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 38

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de CervantesAge 34

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Galileo GalileiAge 17

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William ShakespeareAge 17

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

CaravaggioAge 10

1571–1610 · Art

Revolutionary Baroque painter

Johannes KeplerAge 10

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion