1488 births

German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)

German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)

Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)

Swedish historian and Catholic archbishop

11th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

German botanist and theologian (1488-1534)

Spanish bibliophile and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus (1488-1539)

polymath and humanist

Spanish Augustinian saint and archbishop

Polish noble and writer

English soothsayer

Swedish noble (1488-1535)

Italian noble (1488–1533)

Ming Dynasty poet (1488-1559)

Duke of Calabria

Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg

Spanish architect

Swiss theologian

Catholic cardinal

Catholic cardinal

16th-century German poet

Italian humanist writer, administrator and teacher of law (1488–1562)

Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

voivode of Wallachia

Ottoman poet and military figure (1498-1582)

Catholic archbishop

German composer

German theologian and hymn writer

German religious reformer (1488-1560)

48th Archbishop of Regensburg

Goswami of Vrindavan

King of Vietnam

eighth king of the later Lê dynasty of Vietnam

eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich

Russian businessman

daimyo

Lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the Hōjō clan

Italian sculptor (1488–1566)

German military leader

Luxembourgian noble

Belgian politician (1488-1555)

English noble

Tibetan king

Italian archaeologist

French humanist

sultan of Demak (1518–1521)