1487 births

founder and first shah of Safavid Iran

pope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555

King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania

German mathematician

English bishop (circa 1485-1555)

Prelate, bishop of Panama

Spanish conquistador

Duke of Württemberg, 1498-1519 and 1534-1550

Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein

Croatian writer

Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth, and by marriage Duchess of Saxony

Italian painter (1487-1564)

Duchess of Savoy

Italian theologian

Georgius Macropedius (born Joris van Lanckvelt; 23 April 1487 – 23 July 1558) was a Dutch humanist, schoolmaster and "the greatest Latin playwright of the 16th century."

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

German count (1487-1559)

Ruler of the Yarkand Kahnate from 1514 to 1533

Lord of Monaco

Italian painter (1487–1553)

Italian painter (1480-1545)

German theologian (1487-1541)

Lord Deputy of Ireland (1487-1534)

queen; Korean royal consort

Shaybanid khan of Bukhara

bishop of Utrecht

French noble

Samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan

Czech nobleman

Genoa politician

German theologian

Italian banker

Korean general and politician (1487-1545)

German humanist

Dutch theologian

Polish Archbishop

German organist, composer, and lyricist

Swiss political and religious leader

Ming dynasty politician

Spanish mathematician, logician, and philosopher

Swedish politician

Italian painter (1487-1540)

German Renaissance painter (c.1490-1552)