1490s births

Paracelsus (; ; 10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

German artist and printmaker (1497–1543)

English Bible translator and reformer

Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

Andalusian author

29º Ottoman Grand Vizier (1493-1536)

Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", commonly rendered in English as "Descending Eagle", evoking a raptor diving toward its prey.

Italian painter and architect (1499–1546)

Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero

sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

Portuguese or Spanish explorer

Nahua woman who was the interpreter, advisor, and intermediary to Hernán Cortés

Italian poet and noble

Spanish conquistador

Spanish conquistador (1490-1527)

Doge of Venice

16th-century Moroccan ruler of Tétouan and privateer

First Duke of Montmorency

Rāmtanu Panday ( – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tānsen (), or Sangeet Samrāt (), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Gwalior, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He got his first break as musician and composer in the court of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh Baghel (r. 1555–1592), where Tānsen's musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame. This reputation brought him to

French publisher

Ottoman princess, (1500-1570), daughter of Selim I

Spanish poet

German knight,diplomat and peasant leader in the German Peasants' War

Italian painter (1490-1570)

emperor of Ethiopia (1496-1540)

English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs (1497-1580)

German artist (1494-1519)

Italian dramatist

Sculptor from Italy

Saadian dynasty Sultan of Morocco (1490–1557)

Catholic cardinal (1494-1546)

Spanish writer, 1505-1541

Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat (1490-1545)

Italian poet

Anabaptist prophet (1490-1543)

French composer

French music printer and composer

Swiss martyr

Franco-Flemish composer

Swiss theologian

Genevan theologian

Swiss artist (1499-1571)

Mistress of the King of France

Italian painter (1499-1543)

Italian engraver (c. 1490 – c. 1540)

flemish painter (1490-1546)

English politician (1496-1567)

16th century European writer

French poet

English politician and writer (1490-1546)

Incan royal

Spanish artist (c.1490-1550)

Indigenous Colombian translator and intermediary

Serbian military commander and ruler

painter from Poland (c.1485-1541)

German Anabaptist martyr, author of the Schleitheim Confession

Italian catholic cardinal and bishop (1491/1492-1517)

German-born Italian painter and printmaker (circa 1499-1546)

Spanish explorer (1492-1566)

First viceroy of Peru (1490-1546)