1559 births

Nurhaci (14 May 1559 – 30 September 1626), also known by his temple name Emperor Taizu of Qing, was the founding khan of the Jurchen-led Later Jin dynasty.

field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces (1559-1632) in the Thirty Years' War

Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)

Italian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)

samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara

Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

thumb|Cigoli, self-portrait thumb|300px|The Sacrifice of Isaac, by Ludovico Cigoli, c. 1607 Lodovico or Ludovico Cardi (21 September 1559 – 8 June 1613), also known as Cigoli, was an Italian painter and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque period, trained and active in his early career in Florence, and spending the last nine years of his life in Rome.

Italian missionary (1565-1655)

painter from Italy (1559–1638)

Margrave of Baden-Baden

Spanish writer

prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612 (1559–1617)

Japanese samurai

painter (1559-1635)

[松平信康] son of Tokugawa Ieyasu

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

Maharana of Mewar from 1597 to 1620

Japanese samurai

go player, founder of the prestigious Hon'inbō school

Spanish historian and lawyer

Dutch noble (1559-1631)

Italian art historian

Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1559-1599)

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

Roman Catholic prelate

Roman Catholic archbishop

German composer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

[徳姫] daughter of Oda Nobunaga; wife of Matsudaira Nobuyasu

Dutch historian (1559-1617)

Dutch Golden Age writer and historian (1559-1635)

English Earl (1559-1618)

architect (1545-1619)

apostolic nuncio and bishop of Reggio Emilia (born 1559 - died 1621)

Hungarian noble and soldier (1557/1565-1621)

soldier in the Eighty Years' War (1559-1618)

Roman painter and polymath (c.1560-1629)

Italian archbishop

Spanish diplomat and military personnel (1559-1607)

English saint and martyr

German jurist (1559-1611)

French architect

Ming dynasty politician

French theologian

French sculptor

Moroccan imam

Italian catholic bishop (1559-1613)

Spanish writer

Imam of Yemen (1559-1620)

He is the first Bishop of Diocese of Angamaly appointed by Alexis De Menezes

Irish Earl

Anfiyanggū (; ), (1559 – 7 August 1622), was a Manchu official and one of the earliest companions of Nurhaci.

French doctor

samurai

Samurai (1559–1582)

Flemish catholic bisshop

Italian poet