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233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621

Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)

Charles IX of France

King of France (1550–1574)

Charles IX of Sweden

King of Sweden in 1604–1611

Henry I of Lorraine, duke of Guise

Duke of Guise (1551-1588)

Camillus de Lellis

Italian priest, nurse and saint

Michael Maestlin

German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)

Italian general, diplomat and writer (1550-1607)

Stanislaus Kostka

Polish Jesuit, saint, secondary patron of Poland (1550–1568)

Karin Månsdotter

Swedish queen consort (1550-1612)

Indian Muslim regent and warrior (1550-1599)

Slovenian Renaissance composer (1550–1591)

Chinese playwright (1550-1616)

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)

Vicente Espinel

Italian composer

Marie Eleonore of Cleves

Duchess consort of Prussia

Kacchwaha King of Amber, later known as Jaipur

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia

Spanish admiral

John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken

Spanish Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor

Keumalahayati, or Malahayati (fl. 16th century), was an admiral of the Aceh Sultanate navy, which ruled the area of modern Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. She is described as the first woman admiral in the modern world. Her troops were drawn from Aceh's widows and the army named the "Inong Balee", after Fort Inong Balee.

iatrochemist noted for his 1610 Tyrocinium Chymicum (Beginner's Chemistry) (Digital edition)

Cesare Cremonini

Italian academic and philosopher (1550–1631)

Anne of Saint Bartholomew

Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (1550-1626)

Ethiopian Emperor

Giulio Cesare Croce

Italian writer, actor/producer of cantastoria and enigma writer

Catholic cardinal

French botanist and pharmacist (1550-1629)

Domenico Ginnasi

Italian cardinal

Antonio Zapata y Cisneros

Spanish cardinal

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1550-1586)

Anselmus Boetius de Boodt

Flemish physician, gemologist, botanical illustrator

Joachim Frederick of Brieg

Duke of Oława and Wołów

Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia

Sicilean cardinal

Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Dutch army commander (1550-1606)

Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder

architect, sculptor

Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz

Charles de Ligne

Princely Count of Arenberg

García de Silva Figueroa

Spanish diplomat and traveller (1550-1624)

Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg

Dutch noble (1550-1574)

Dodge of the Republic of Genua

François d'Amboise

French jurist and writer

Chinese bureaucrat (1550-1612)

Rodolfo Acquaviva

Italian Jesuit missionary (1550-1583)

Tomás Sánchez

Spanish theologian

English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (1550-1581)

Johannes van den Driesche

Flemish Protestant clergyman and scholar

Levinus Hulsius

Belgian science writer

Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Jacques Guillemeau

English merchant and writer

Tsugaru Tamenobu

Japanese Daimyo

De facto ruler of Vietnam from 1572 to 1623

René II, Viscount of Rohan

French viscount

Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg

Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabruck and Paderborn

Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria

German duke (1550-1608)

Karl Henriksson (Horn)

Swedish politician

Italian economist (1550-1590)