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pope of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572, saint

Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)

Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair.

Sigismund II Augustus

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

Jeanne d'Albret

Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572

Gaspard II de Coligny

French nobleman and admiral and Huguenot leader (1519–1572)

Miguel López de Legazpi

16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor

4th and last Inca Emperor of the Kingdom of Vilcabamba

Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

Grandee of Spain and Jesuit priest (1510–1572)

François Clouet

French Renaissance miniaturist and painter (c.1510-1572)

French philosopher

Rafael Bombelli

Italian mathematician

Longqing Emperor

13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine

Catherine of Austria

Queen of Poland

Şah Huban Sultan

daughter of Sultan Selim I and Ayşe Hafşa Sultan.

Archduchess Barbara of Austria

Austrian archduchess

Ippolito II d'Este

Catholic cardinal

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski

Polish renaissance scholar (1503-1572)

Claude Goudimel

French composer

Galeazzo Alessi

Petar Hektorović

Croatian writer

baron and soldier from Hungary (1502–1572)

Aegidius Tschudi

Swiss historian (1505-1572)

Sufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

English politician and nobleman (1536–1572)

Pierre de Monte

50th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John

Korean scholar and politician (1501-1572)

Johannes Goropius Becanus

Italian painter (1502-1572)

5th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom

king of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur (1522-1572)

Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

Earl of Northumberland

John Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar

French composer

Brazilian politician

Martyrs of Gorkum

Christian martyrs

Diego de Espinosa

Catholic cardinal and inquisitor (1502-1572)

Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator

Hippolito Salviani

Italian scholar

Italian scholar and scientist

Hrehory Chodkiewicz

Lithuanian noble (1513-1572)

Beylerbey of the Regency of Algiers (c. 1517–1572)

Alonso de Montúfar

Archbishop of Mexico

John of Cologne

Dominican friar, priest and martyr

Italian diplomat, mathematician, philologist and humanist

French classical scholar

Marcantonio da Mula

cardinal (1506-1572)

Johan I of East Frisia

Governor of Limburg

Flemish Catholic missionary and educator

English composer (c. 1535 – 1572)

Francisco de Moraes

Portuguese writer

Mirabello Cavalori

Italian painter (1535-1572)

William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester

English official and peer

Georg Hund von Wenkheim

40th Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order (1520-1572)

Pieter van der Heyden

Flemish engraver (16. century)

Girolamo di Correggio

Italian cardinal (1511-1572)

Alonzo de Santa Cruz

Spanish cartographer

Anton van den Wyngaerde

Flemish topographical artist (1525-1571)