1505 births

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1505–1579)

governor of the Netherlands and queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (1505-1558)

Polish poet and prose writer, politician and musician of the Renaissance (1505-1569)

Elector of Brandenburg (1505-1571)

Spanish theologian

German noblewoman (1506-1549)

Swiss historian (1505-1572)

Catholic cardinal

English writer, translator; (1505-1544)

Tibetan Buddhist religious leader

Roman Catholic bishop

Austrian artist (1505-1567)

Count of East Frisia

Italian painter (1505-1588)

Shah-Ali (Volga Türki and Persian: شاه علی, or Shahghali; ; ; also known as Shig-Aley; ; 1505–1567) was a khan of the Qasim Khanate and the Khanate of Kazan. He ruled the Qasim Khanate for much of his life and three times tried to rule the Khanate of Kazan, which was independent until its conquest by Muscovy in 1552. He also ruled the town of Kasimov as a vassal of the Russians. He was the son of the Qasim Khan Sheikh Auliyar (reigned 1512–16) and grandson of Bakhtiar Sultan, a brother of Ahmed Khan bin Küchük (the Golden Horde ruler who lost control of Russia). One of his wives was the unfort

German explorer

Dutch writer (1505-1568)

Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst

16th-century Catholic cardinal

English earl (1505-1550)

Spanish cartographer

French duke

Italian writer (1505-1589)

Spanish explorer

Italian cryptologist

French noblewoman and nominal pretender to the Kingdom of Naples

Roman Catholic cardinal

German physician and astrologer

Ottoman rabbi

Italian painter (1500–1575)

Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher (1505-1574)

Greek copyist

Italian noble lady

36th Vicomte of Thouars

Spanish explorer

German physician, scholar and humanist

French classical scholar

Thohanbwa (, ; Shan: သိူဝ်ႁၢၼ်ၾႃ့; 1505 – May 1542) was king of Ava from 1527 to 1542. The eldest son of Sawlon of Mohnyin was a commander who actively participated in Monhyin's numerous raids of Ava's territories in the first quarter of 16th century. In March 1527, the ethnically Shan king was appointed king of Ava by Sawlon after the Mohnyin-led confederation of Shan States defeated Ava in 1527. After Sawlon was assassinated in 1533, Thohanbwa became the undisputed king of Ava as well as chief of Mohnyin. However, he was not immediately accepted by other chiefs as the leader of the confedera

Swiss theologian

rabbi

follower of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1505–1579)

Italian architect

German nobleman (1505-1574)