1591 deaths

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)

Pope from 1590 to 1591 (1535–1591)

pope of the Catholic Church in 1591 (1519–1591)

Italian aristocrat and Jesuit seminarian and saint

Spanish poet

Italian lutenist, composer and music theorist

Japanese tea master

Russian tsarevich (1582–1591)

Swiss printmaker (1539-1591)

Italian poet and courtesan (1546-1591)

Slovenian Renaissance composer (1550–1591)

German writer (1546-1591)

German noble

duchess of Prussia and duchess of Mecklenburg

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken

Italian noble and diplomat (1531-1591)

third wife of Margrave George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach

French writer and councillor

Italian painter (1520-1591)

Spanish writer

Roman Catholic archbishop

Italian painter (1536-1591)

Flemish composer

Catholic cardinal

Hungarian bible translator (c.1529-1592)

English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)

Spanish philosopher (1500-1591)

Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist (1538–1591)

Italian cardinal and librarian (1538-1591)

Spanish historian

Scottish midwife, executed as a witch

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Ruler of Kasgar and Yarkand Khanate from 1560 to 1591

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

French lawyer

Japanese warlord (1540–1591), half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

cartographer, engraver, publisher

Count of East Friesland (1538-1591)

English politician born 1540

Flemish painter, draughtsman and print designer (1523-1591)

Italian cardinal (1509-1591)

Italian architect (1534–1591)

Swiss lawyer, professor and historian (1533–1591)

Portuguese botanist (1540-1592)

English saint

Flemish composer

Polish bishop

Spanish noble

Portuguese playwright

Dutch painter (died 1591)

Russian metropolitan

Italian architect

Welsh noblewoman, called "Mam Cymru" ("Mother of Wales")

English martyr

English Roman Catholic saint

French soldier and author (1531-91)

Italian Mannerist painter (1535-1591)

16th-century Catholic cardinal

Catalan composer and church musician