Who Was Alive in 1587

Elizabeth IAge 54

1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership

Queen of England, the Elizabethan era

Sir Francis DrakeAge 47

1540–1596 · Exploration

English sea captain, circumnavigator

Akbar the GreatAge 45

1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership

Mughal emperor who unified India

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 44

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de CervantesAge 40

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Galileo GalileiAge 23

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William ShakespeareAge 23

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

CaravaggioAge 16

1571–1610 · Art

Revolutionary Baroque painter

Johannes KeplerAge 16

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion