1561 births

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)

Italian composer and singer

British mathematician

Italian biologist

Danish mathematician and physician (1561-1656)

Duchess consort of Södermanland

Countess of Pembroke, poet, and literary patron

Belgian mathematician (1561–1615)

Dutch astronomer

Count of Nassau-Siegen (1606-1623)

German botanist (1561-1629)

Spanish Roman Catholic priest from the Trinitarian Order

English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England (1561-1586)

German astronomer and mathematician

Flemish painter (1561-1631)

Italian composer

Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin (1561-1623)

Austrian archduke

Portuguese missionary

English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)

English privateer

philosopher (1561-1619)

Spanish monk, musician and composer

Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast

German princess (1561-1616)

English noble (1561-1612)

Italian painter (c.1555-1629)

6th Earl of Derby

Catholic cardinal

German noblewoman

French cardinal (1561-1587)

Spanish colonial governor

Valencian poet and dramatist

Austrian astronomer (1561–1636)

Italian composer

daimyo

Japanese daimyo of the Edo period

second wife of Carlo Gesualdo

Polish rabbi and writer

Spanish politician, prime minister of Philip IV of Spain. (1561-1622)

English martyr

German Reformed theologian

Italian historian

German noblewoman

Polish Jesuit, philologist and lexicographer

Korean admiral (1561 - 1597)

Italian luthier

English priest and scholar

German pastor (1561-1604)

Spanish magistrate and bishop (1561-1638) born in New Granada

English politician and Earl (1561-1617)

Italian poet

Dutch historian and poet

German philosopher

Italian priest

daimyo

Muslim scholar

German orthodox Lutheran theologian (1561-1619)

Dutch painter (1561-1634)