1555 births

French poet, critic, and translator (1555–1628)

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1555-1619)

French duke (1555-1584)

German Lutheran theologian (1555-1621)

Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist (1555-1636)

English alchemist

Venetian poet

Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (1555–1617)

fourth wife of William the Silent (1555-1620)

English bishop and scholar

painter from Florence (1555-1630)

Lord of Monaco (1555-1589)

Marshal of France

Korean naval commander (1555-1597)

Catholic cardinal (1555-1588)

Hungarian noble, politician (1555–1604)

Spanish composer and bandmaster at the cathedrals of Sevilla, Toledo and Cuenca

French aristocrat (1555-1631)

German poet

English Jesuit, executed because of his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605

King of Burma

queen; Korean royal consort

samurai who served the Oda clan

Swedish archbishop

Shmuel Eidels (1555 – 1631) ( Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Eidels) was a renowned rabbi and Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud, Chiddushei Halachot. Eidels is also known as Maharsha (, a Hebrew acronym for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi Shmuel Eidels").

English soldier and administrator (1555-1629)

17th-century Catholic cardinal

Italian cardinal

Slovak poet, linguist, mathematician, translator, university educator and science writer (1555-1615)

Heir apparent of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Portuguese writer

Japanese samurai (1555–1600)

Flemish-Dutch painter (1555-1630)

Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and early Edo periods

Swiss sculptor and architect

Italian composer and music theorist

Spanish scholar

foundress of the first Catholic monastery in Manila — Monastery of Santa Clara

Spanish writer and literary critic (1555-1620)

Japanese Ninja and member of the main Oda clan of Owari Province during the Sengoku (16th century) and Azuchi-Momoyama periods

daughter of Louis de Coesme, Seigneur of Lucé and Anne de Pisseleu

Italian painter (1555-1619)

Keshavdas Mishra (1555–1617), usually known by the Keshavdas, was an Indian Poet, Writer, Scholar and administrator who was best known for his work , a pioneering work of the of Hindi literature. He was patronized by Vir Singh Deo of Orchha, a vassal of the Mughal Empire.

Italian painter (1571-1630)

Earl of Angus (1555-1588)

English scholar

English Baron (1555-1601)

French noblewoman

German theologian

Italian painter (1555-1602)

Polish rabbi

Spanish explorer

Roman Catholic prelate

English countess

Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (1555-1623)

Polish politician

Spanish bishop and inquisitor

Spanish soldier and writer

Spanish writer (1554-1602)