1594 deaths

Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)

Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 151831 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto ( ; ; ), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticised the speed with which he painted and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed . His work is characterised by muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style.

Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)

Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)

English seaman and privateer (1535–1594)

English dramatist

Hungarian poet, writer, soldier

Spanish soldier and poet (1533-1594)

Archduchess of Austria (1534-1594)

Japanese outlaw

English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Portuguese doctor and natural historian (1515-1594)

Korean poet (1536–1593)

Italian historian

Prince of Moldavia from June 1574 to 23 November 1577

Roman Catholic cardinal

Spanish theologian and priest

German historian

Catholic cardinal

16th century physician

Duchess of Saxony (1540-1594)

Transylvanian politician (1560-1594)

Welsh bishop of Cassano all'Jonio and Vatican diplomat (1533-1595)

Filipino bishop

English noble

Flemish jurist

Spanish nun (1544-1594)

English Catholic martyr (1544-1594)

bishop of Leeuwarden

Swiss military leader and politician (1524-1594)

soldier and chronicler from Spain

Danish politician

French attempted assassin

Portuguese painter (c.1516-1594)

Hafsid Sultanate Caliph from 1573 to 1574

English lutenist and composer

16th-century Female Samurai

French jurist, humanist and bibliophile (1545–1594)

Italian architect and engineer

16th-century French noblewoman

Bishop of London

mother of Oda Nobunaga, a major feudal warlord in the Sengoku period of Japan

Scottish witch

German author

Italian composer and organist

Grand Pensionary of Holland

Japanese physician (1507-1594)

Dutch nobleman (1529–1594)

English Jesuit and Catholic martyr

Belgian composer

Italian writer

Italian bishop

1st French foreign minister 1589-1594; considered world's 1st foreign minister, as emissary entrusted with all foreign relations

Italian painter (1540-1594)

English politician (1540-1594)

German historian

French soldier and statesman

English courtier

Italian sculptor (1527–1594)

English Jesuit priest and martyr