1518 births

Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 151831 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto ( ; ; ), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticised the speed with which he painted and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed . His work is characterised by muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style.

French king consort (1518–1562)

Chinese polymath and scientist (1517-1593)

Duke of Brittany

engraver and printmaker from the Southern Netherlands (1518-1570)

Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg (1518-1575)

Catholic cardinal

Spanish conquistador

Flemish miniature painter (1518–1596 or 1599)

Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin

Catholic cardinal

Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

French diplomat and polemist (1518-1581)

Sultan of Golconda

German noble

German humanist

Italian diplomat of the Republic of Venice

Mughal Empire emperor

Italian writer

Danish noble

Danish prince; eldest child of Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Austria

Italian poet, playwright, writer and notary

Spanish noble

Dogaress of Venice

politician

Spanish military commander (1518–1577)

Italian cardinal

German noble

German astronomer and mathematician (1518–1562)

Archbishop-Elector of Cologne

Iranian calligrapher

Italian architect (1518-1558)

Spanish Jesuit missionary and Patriarch of Ethiopia

Spanish historian and abbot

Greek composer

Dutch Dominican friar and bishop

samurai

Spanish explorer

German writer (1518–1597)

Roman Catholic archbishop (1518-1580)

French diplomat

Flemish historian (1518-1569)

German Lutheran theologian (1518–1566)

Scottish writer

French poet

French heretic

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