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Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.
Babur
Babur (, ; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').
Fuzuli
16th-century Azerbaijani poet
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)
Paolo Giovio
Italian prelate, physician and biographer (1483–1552)
Ayas Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman Grand Vizier
Surdas
Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.
Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio
Italian painter (1483-1561)
Gasparo Contarini
Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Belluno
Andrea Navagero
Italian poet and writer (1483-1529)
Stephen Gardiner
English bishop (1483-1555)
Nicolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian and Protestant reformer (1483-1565)
Mạc Thái Tổ
Emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc dynasty
Henry III of Nassau-Breda
Baron of Breda
Chen Chun
Chinese artist (1483-1544)
Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Duke of Mecklenburg
Dmitry Ivanovich
Grand Prince of Moscow (1483-1509)
Gregor Brück
German jurist (ca. 1485-1557)
Murad
The prince and last claimant to Aq Qoyunlu monarchy (1497–1503)
Hans Buchner
German Renaissance composer (1483-1538)
Fernando de Valdés y Salas
Spanish bishop, censor, inquisitor and politician (1483-1568)
Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse
German noble
William Petow
English Franciscan, briefly a cardinal
Jacquet of Mantua
French composer
Tommaso Badia
Catholic cardinal
Lancelotto Politi
Italian theologian
Giovanni Andrea Cortese
Catholic cardinal
Wang Gen
Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (1483–1541)
Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg
He Jingming
Ming dynasty politician
André de Montalembert
French noble
Arima Haruzumi
daimyo
Kaew
King of Lan Na