1553 deaths

16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)

king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553

Spanish physician and theologian

German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)

Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)

Italian physician

Ottoman prince; son of Suleiman the Magnificent (1515-1553)

Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553

English general, admiral, and politician (1504-1553)

Ottoman prince, son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan

Duke of Saxony and later Elector of Saxony (1521–1553)

German astronomer and mathematician

Italian noblewoman and member of the Medici family

Spanish composer

German painter and architect. (c.1485-1553)

Doge of Venice from 1545 to 1553

First Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Ottoman admiral (kapudan pasha) of Croat ancestry

grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Spanish viceroy (1484-1553)

Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1521-1553)

Catholic cardinal

Italian painter (1487–1553)

16th century German artist, mathematician, and cartographer (1503-1553)

Spanish musician

Croatian Renaissance poet and playwright

Italian duke (1532-1553)

Catholic cardinal

Spanish writer

Margrave of Baden-Durlach

German prince

German humanist, reformer and poet (ca 1500-1533)

Czech humanistic chronicler, writer and roman catholic priest

Dutch painter (1505-1553)

Prince-bishop

French aristocrat

French diplomat

German politician (1489-1553)

Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, composer and playwright

Italian artist (1465-1553)

German Protestant priest, theologian and composer (1515-1553)

Czech writer, poet, humanist chronicler and bishop of Olomouc

Grand Prince of Moscow

Italian theologian

Duke of Münsterberg and Duke of Oels, Count of Glatz (1512-1553)

Italian painter (1480-1553)

Italian cardinal (1500-1553)

Hungarian noble

German theologian

Italian marchioness

samurai

Moldavian princess consort, Serbian despina

Italian artist (1494-1553)

16th-century Italian condottiero (1498 - 1553)

thumb|Title page of De exemplis illustrium virorum Venetae civitatis atque aliarum gentium (1554) Giovanni Battista Cipelli (1478–1553), better known as Egnazio, was a Venetian priest and humanist. He came to public notice through his rivalry with Marcantonio Sabellico in 1500–1506. From about 1508 until 1520 he was involved in the teaching and publishing endeavours of Aldo Manuzio and his successors. From 1520 until 1549, he held a public professorship in Venice. Upon his retirement, he was granted a full pension.

Pattmahishi of Vijayanagara Empire

German historian

Polish nobleman

daimyo

Swedish noblewoman