Who Was Alive in 1592

Elizabeth IAge 59

1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership

Queen of England, the Elizabethan era

Sir Francis DrakeAge 52

1540–1596 · Exploration

English sea captain, circumnavigator

Akbar the GreatAge 50

1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership

Mughal emperor who unified India

Tokugawa IeyasuAge 49

1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate

Miguel de CervantesAge 45

1547–1616 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Galileo GalileiAge 28

1564–1642 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

William ShakespeareAge 28

1564–1616 · Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

CaravaggioAge 21

1571–1610 · Art

Revolutionary Baroque painter

Johannes KeplerAge 21

1571–1630 · Science & Invention

Laws of planetary motion