1557 births

Tsar of Russia (1584–1598)

Holy Roman Emperor (1557-1619)

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

Prince of Transylvania (1557–1606)

Spanish writer and saint

English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557-1595)

Duke of Württemberg (1557–1608)

Polish–Lithuanian noble (1557-1633)

Russian empress

eldest son of Oda Nobunaga; samurai who fought in many battles during the Sengoku period

Italian painter (1557-1622)

French poet

Italian noble (1557-1585)

Italian composer (1557–1609)

German Count Palantine

Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by birth and by marriage Margravine of Burgau

Ottoman grand vizier (1557-1625)

German engraver (1557-1613)

Savoisian lawyer, first President of the Sovereign Senate of Savoy

Non-reigning Duke of Pomerania and Lutheran Administrator of Cammin Prince-Bishopric (1557-1605)

French composer

daimyo

Belgian composer

politician

prince of Samtskhe

Italian painter (1557-1629)

Spanish Jesuit historian

German theologian and writer (1557-1622)

Leader of the Remonstrants (1557-1644)

Dutch organist and composer

samurai

Italian composer

Swedish bishop

daimyo

samurai

Japanese woman from the end of the Muromachi period to the early of the Edo period

French noble

politician and scholar in the Ming Dynasty

English Jesuit priest and martyr

British priest

Count of Leiningen-Leiningen (1557-1622)

16th century Italian poet

French general

English noble (1557-1643)

Italian Roman Catholic bishop

Belgian noble and army commander

English countess and poet