1588 deaths

16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer

Italian painter of the Renaissance (1528–1588)

King of Denmark and Norway (1534–1588)

3rd Dalai Lama (1543-1588)

Italian philosopher

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

Duke of Guise (1551-1588)

Ming Dynasty general

Dutch physician (1515-1588)

French prince du Sang; Huguenot general, lived (1553-1588)

Spanish admiral

Spanish theologian

Spanish artist (1531-1588)

Italian physician

painter from Italy (1524-1588)

Spanish botanist (1508-1588)

khan of Tüsheet

Dominican friar (1537-1588)

German theologian

Khan of Crimea

Margrave of Baden-Baden

French writer and scholar (1508-1588)

French botanist (1513-1588)

Dutch wood merchant and folk hero

Catholic cardinal (1555-1588)

Countess of Nassau (1563-1588)

Italian linguist

Italian composer (1543–1588)

Italian painter (1505-1588)

Swiss physician

daimyo

English Catholic martyr (1550-1588)

Italian architect (1507-1588)

6th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom

Princess consort of Wallachia

Italian humanist

Italian poet, lutenist, actor (1541-1585)

German mathematician and astronomer (1544-1588)

Swiss theologian

Italian military engineer (1527-1588)

Spanish admiral

sister of prince William I of Orange-Nassau

French artist (1533–1588)

Spanish admiral

Gnesio-Lutheran theologian

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578-1588)

Italian physician

Italian mathematician

15th-century Bengali author of Chaitanya Charitamrita

thrice Duke of Legnica: 1551-1556 (under regency), 1559–1576 and 1580-1581

Dutch bishop (1525-1588)

Kira and business woman

British actor and clown of the Elizabethan era

French poet and writer

French lawyer and politician

Portuguese writer (1533-1588)

Persian poet

Earl of Angus (1555-1588)

samurai

English Earl