1541 deaths

Paracelsus (; ; 10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

Scottish Queen consort (1489-1541)

Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero

Spanish author and playwright

German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician

English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)

Duke of Saxony

Flemish painter (1485–1540)

German theologian (1480 ca-1541)

Bosnian noble (1480-1541)

Spanish writer, 1505-1541

Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

German religious reformer

English courtier

Flemish painter (c.1465-1541)

Emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc dynasty

painter from Poland (c.1485-1541)

German theologian

Spanish explorer

German hymnwriter (1485–1546)

German theologian (1487-1541)

German catholic theologian (1478-1541)

daimyo

Hungarian legal theorist and statesman

Italian humanist

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English courtier

Mistress of Emperor Charles V

Lithuanian noble (1480-1541)

Nobleman, Lower Austria, Austrian general

cardinal

Spanish bishop and missionary

Bishop of Freising and Naumburg

Catholic cardinal

Catholic cardinal

Catholic cardinal

German theologian (1493–1541)

Italian cardinal

moldavian king

Ming Dynasty empress

Italian biblical scholar

Franco-Flemish composer and singer

French diplomat

(1540-1541)

Italian poet

1st Margrave of Bergen (1500–1541)

Nahua noble, Tenochca tlatoque, governor of San Juan Tenochtitlan

Polish rabbi

French diplomat

Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (1483–1541)

French jurist (1480–1541)

Glass artisian (c.1490-1541)

Spanish explorer

Consort of Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels

ambassador of Ottoman Empire

36th Vicomte of Thouars

Roman Catholic bishop

Italian ruler