Who was alive at the same time as Elizabeth I?

Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603

Elizabeth I lived 1533–1603. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1533–1603
Lifespan: about 70 years
Born in, as it was then: LondonKingdom of England
On today’s map: United Kingdom

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Did you know?

When Elizabeth I was born, Michelangelo was already about 58 years old.
Elizabeth I was about 31 when William Shakespeare was born.
Elizabeth I and Galileo Galilei (Italian polymath) shared about 39 years on Earth, one born in the Kingdom of England and the other in the Duchy of Florence.
René Descartes outlived Elizabeth I by about 47 years.

Famous contemporaries of Elizabeth I

Rulers and commanders

Henry VIII 1491–1546 · 13 yrs shared
Suleiman the Magnificent 1494–1566 · 33 yrs shared
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500–1558 · 25 yrs shared
Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587 · 45 yrs shared
Oliver Cromwell 1599–1658 · 4 yrs shared
Oda Nobunaga 1534–1582 · 48 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Galileo Galilei 1564–1642 · 39 yrs shared
René Descartes 1596–1650 · 7 yrs shared
Giordano Bruno 1547–1600 · 53 yrs shared
Thomas Hobbes 1588–1679 · 15 yrs shared
Thomas More c. 1478–1535 · 2 yrs shared
Johannes Kepler 1571–1630 · 32 yrs shared

Religion

Martin Luther 1483–1546 · 13 yrs shared
John Calvin 1509–1564 · 31 yrs shared
Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491–1556 · 23 yrs shared

Writers and artists

William Shakespeare 1564–1616 · 39 yrs shared
Michelangelo 1475–1564 · 31 yrs shared
Peter Paul Rubens 1577–1640 · 26 yrs shared
Caravaggio 1571–1610 · 32 yrs shared
Nostradamus 1503–1566 · 33 yrs shared
Titian c. 1490–1576 · 43 yrs shared

Explorers and others

Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 · 3 yrs shared
Hernán Cortés 1485–1547 · 14 yrs shared
Francis Drake c. 1540–1596 · 56 yrs shared
Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541 · 8 yrs shared
Catherine of Aragon 1485–1535 · 2 yrs shared
Catherine de' Medici 1519–1589 · 56 yrs shared

Born within five years of Elizabeth I

Oda Nobunaga (1534) · Ivan the Terrible (1530) · Michel de Montaigne (1533) · Edward VI (1537) · Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537) · Lady Jane Grey (1537) · Paolo Veronese (1528) · William the Silent (1533)

About Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.

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