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1540 births

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François Viète

French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)

Ludolph van Ceulen

German-Dutch mathematician (*1540 – †1610)

Charles II, Archduke of Austria

Archduke of Austria and ruler of Inner Austria (1540-1590)

16th century ruler of Mewar, India

Joseph Justus Scaliger

French historian (1540-1609)

John Sigismund Zápolya

King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania

José de Acosta

Spanish missionary and writer (1539 or 1540–1600)

Magnus, Duke of Holstein

Danish prince, Prince-bishop of Ösel, King of Livonia (1540–1583)

English Jesuit priest, martyr and saint

Princess Cecilia of Sweden

Margravine consort of Baden-Rodemachern (1540-1627)

Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli

Spanish Princess (1540-1592)

Flemish-Italian painter (1540-1619)

Spanish politician (1534-1611)

Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (1540 -1597)

noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)

Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde

Flemish writer and noble (1540-1598)

Spanish friar (1540-1592)

Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Italian mathematician

`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni

Grand Mufti of India and historian (1540–1615)

Infanta Catherine, Duchess of Braganza

Claimant ot the Portuguese throne in 1580

Princess Maria de' Medici of Tuscany

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Anna of Veldenz

Margrave of Baden (1540-1586)

Filippo Sassetti

Italian linguist

Alfonso Gesualdo

Catholic cardinal and archbishop of Naples

Federico Gonzaga

Roman Catholic cardinal

Safavid prince (1540–1577)

Italian cardinal

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

English aristocrat and courtier (1540-1614)

Duke of Mecklenburg

Madhusūdana Sarasvatī

Indian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition

Girolamo Bernerio

Italian cardinal

Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim

Duchess of Saxony (1540-1594)

Ignatius of Moscow

Patriarch of Moscow

Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Vasilisa Melentyeva

Russian tsaritsa

Seraphin of Montegranaro

Italian Capuchin friar and saint

Italian historian (1540-1598)

Silvio Antoniano

cardinal and academic from Italy

Adolf of Nassau

Count of Nassau (1540–1568)

Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville

Governor of Picardy and Normandy and one of the military leaders of the French Wars of Religion

Toyotomi Hidenaga

Japanese warlord (1540–1591), half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Andrea Andreani

Italian engraver

Giovanni Fontana

Swiss architect and engineer (1540–1614)

Christopher Hatton

English politician born 1540

Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Doge of the Republic of Genoa (1540-1607)

Francisco de Sande

Spanish colonial governor

John VII, Count of Oldenburg

count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (1540-1603)

Gabriel Soares de Souza

Portuguese botanist (1540-1592)

Antonio de Lofraso

writer and poet (1540-1600)

Renaissance painter from the Northern Netherlands (1540-1607)

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby

English countess

Amago Yoshihisa

Bakshi Banu Begum

Daughter of Emperor Humayun and Gunwar Bibi

Jacobus Typotius

Flemish humanist

James, Duke of Rothesay

Scipione Bargagli

Italian Renaissance scholar