1508 births

Nasir al-Din Muhammad (, 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (, ), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to his death in 1556. At the time of his death, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometers.

Italian architect (1508–1580)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1508-1575)

Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer (1508-1586)

Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)

Spanish Basque explorer

Italian noble (1508-1559)

Croatian writer

French duchess (1508 – 1580)

Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae

French writer and scholar (1508-1588)

Catholic cardinal

Italian humanist (1509-1567)

German prince

daimyo

Catholic cardinal

Catholic cardinal

Ottoman rabbi and kabbalist

Spanish explorer

Croatian writer (16th century)

marquess of Zenete

Italian painter (1505-1579)

German noble

Roman Catholic cardinal

German writer and diplomat (1508-1560)

Ming Dynasty empress

Flemish Renaissance painter

politician

Swiss printer in Basel (1508-1579), active 1528-1579

Italian noblewoman (1508-1530)

Italian painter (1508–1556)

Mughal princess and the daughter of the first Mughal emperor, Babur

French bishop

French diplomat

English mathematician

French lawyer

daimyo of the Sengoku period

Spanish explorer

Italian engraver (1508-1550)

Archbishop of Mainz

playwright

German university teacher (1508-1559)

Italian condottiero (1508-1550)

Italian Renaissance composer

German nobleman

French protestant reformer

Welsh landowner accused of rebelling against Henry VIII of England

Swiss theologian (1508-1585)