1526 births

Queen of Sweden (1526-1583)

Italian mathematician

Flemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609)

Ottoman Syrian polymath (1526-1585)

Austrian princess, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania (1543-1545)

thumb|Bâkî (1526–1600) Bâḳî (باقى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: مخلص mahlas) of the Ottoman Turkish poet Mahmud Abdülbâkî (محمود عبدالباقى) (1526 – 1600). Considered one of the greatest contributors to Turkish literature. Bâkî came to be known as Sultânüş-şuarâ (سلطان الشعرا), or "Sultan of poets".

German prince

duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586)

Spanish admiral

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Italian classical scholar

Italian-born African Franciscan friar in Sicily

ruthenian magnate

Spanish artist (1526-1579)

Ottoman governor (1526-1585)

Spanish conquistador

Spanish Dominican missionary and saint

samurai of the Sengoku period; father of Tokugawa Ieyasu

French philosopher

Dutch wood merchant and folk hero

French aristocrat (1526-1573)

German humanist writer, astrologer, and astrological writer (1526–1598)

German princess of Principality of Ansbach by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg (1527-1589)

British nobleman

Italian painter (1526-1578)

Italian cardinal

Legendary female samurai (Onna-musha). Daughter of Ōhōri Yasumochi, a head priest of Ōyamazumi Shrine

Spanish mathematician and theologian

Painter, engraver, publisher, printer, numismatist and medallist from the Habsburg Netherlands (1526-1583)

daimyo

Chinese general

Jesuit educator in Portugal

Ming dynasty writer (1526–1590)

Master of the horse of Hungary (1526–1573)

Portuguese Jesuit missionary (1526-1561)

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526-1561)

Japanese daimyō (1526–1603)

Duke of Aarschot (1526-1595)

Giocangga (Manchu: ; ; 1526–1583) was the son of Fuman and the paternal grandfather of Nurhaci, the man who unified the Jurchen peoples and founded the Later Jin dynasty of China. Both he and his son Taksi attacked Atai's fort, which was being besieged by a rival Jurchen chieftain Nikan Wailan (; 尼堪外蘭 Níkān Wàilán), who promised the governance of the city to whoever would kill Atai. One of Atai's underlings rebelled and murdered him. Both Giocangga and Taksi were killed by Nikan Wailan under unclear circumstances. Giocangga, Taksi and Nikan were all under command of Li Chengliang.

French engineer

Italian historian (1526-1580)

daimyo of the Sengoku period

English noblewoman and courtier (1526-1604)

Slovenian shepherdess and seeress

Italian agronomist

Polish noble (1526-1592)

samurai

Japanese samurai (1526-1611)

Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1544-1559)

Danish noblewoman

Countess of Henneberg (1526-1566)

English noblewoman and translator (1526-1589)

English Earl (1526-1563)

son of John III of Portugal

jurist of the Holy Roman empire (1526-1587)

Italian engraver

English Lord Deputy of Ireland; (1526-1599)

Court noble

Priest Gaspar Vilela

Italian noble