Famous People Who Died In 1557

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1557. This list includes people like Anne of Cleves, Jacques Cartier, Mirabai, Pontormo, John III of Portugal and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include emperors & kings, political leaders, empresses & queens and government officials who died in 1557. This list includes people from Italy, England and many more countries.
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Jacques Cartier
(Explorer)
Jacques Cartier
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 31, 1491
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint-Malo
Died: September 1
Born in the French fishing town of Saint-Malo, Jacques Cartier was exposed to the world of seafaring quite early in life. His exploration of St. Lawrence River and the Canadian coast led the French to colonize the area later. He is also said to have coined the name "Canada." 
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Mirabai
(Bhakti Saint)
Mirabai
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1498 AD
Birthplace: Kudki
Died: 1557 AD

The 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, Mirabai, was a devotee of Lord Krishna. In the North Indian Hindu tradition, she is a celebrated Bhakti saint. While millions of devotional hymns in praise of Lord Krishna are attributed to Mirabai, only a few hundreds are believed to be actually composed by her. Several temples are dedicated to her memory.

 3 
Lautaro
(Mapuche War Leader Who Led the Indigenous Chile Resistance Against the Spanish)
Lautaro
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1534 AD
Birthplace: Treguaco, Chile
Died: April 29

Lautaro was a Mapuche war leader best remembered for spearheading the indigenous resistance against the conquest of Chile by the Spanish. He led the warriors of Mapuche to a series of triumphs against the Spanish. He was killed at the Battle of Mataquito in his early 20s. Lautaro is credited with developing tactics that were used even after his death.

 4 
Bona Sforza
(Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548)
Bona Sforza
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 2, 1494
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vigevano, Italy
Died: November 19

An ideal elite Renaissance woman, Bona Sforza was the queen of Poland and the wife of Sigismund I the Old. She is remembered for her fiery resistance to the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, when he suggested Bona be planted as a Habsburg spy to counter the Jagiellonian dynasty.

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Pontormo
(Italian Mannerist Painter and Portraitist)
Pontormo
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Birthdate: May 24, 1494
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Empoli, Italy
Died: January 2

Pontormo was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His style was remarkably different from what characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. Orphaned young, he struggled for several years before he was able to establish his painting career. He painted many altarpiece canvases and frescoes, of which only a few survive today. 

 6 
Mikael Agricola
(Finnish Lutheran Clergyman & Founder of Literary Finnish)
Mikael Agricola
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1510 AD
Birthplace: Pernå, Finland
Died: April 9

Mikael Agricola was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman. Referred to as the father of literary Finnish, Agricola is credited with founding literary Finnish. Mikael Agricola is also credited with translating the New Testament into Finnish and producing the hymns and prayer book used regularly in Finland's new Lutheran Church. 

 7 
Emperor Go-Nara
(Emperor)
Emperor Go-Nara
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Birthdate: January 26, 1495
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Japan
Died: September 27
 8 
Olaus Magnus
(Swedish Writer and Archbishop of Uppsala)
Olaus Magnus
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1490
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Skänninge, Sweden
Died: August 1

Officially the Archbishop of Uppsala, Olaus Magnus is remembered more as an established author and cartographer. Born Olof Månsson in southern Sweden, he spent the greater part of his life in exile, leaving behind several monumental works on Nordic countries including the History of the Northern People and Carta Marina, a map that is treasured even by modern oceanographers

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Giovanni Battista Ramusio
(Geographer)
Giovanni Battista Ramusio
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 20, 1485
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Treviso, Italy
Died: July 10
 10 
Lorenzo Lotto
(Painter)
Lorenzo Lotto
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Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
 11 
Anne of Cleves
(Former Queen Consort of England (January 1540 - July 1540))
Anne of Cleves
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Birthdate: September 22, 1515
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: July 16

Anne of Cleves was the Queen of England for 6 months in 1540, as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Their unconsummated marriage deprived led to the annulment of the marriage, following which she received a settlement and came to be known as the King's Beloved Sister.

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Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
(Mathematician)
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1499 AD
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
Died: December 13

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was the first to apply math to the science of ballistics. During the French invasion of Brescia, his jaw was sliced by a sword, causing him a speech difficulty, and thus gaining him the nickname Tartaglia, or "Stammerer." His Nova Scientia remains a significant work on mechanics.

 13 
Giovanni Francesco Straparola
(Writer)
Giovanni Francesco Straparola
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Caravaggio, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
 14 
Albert II Alcibiades
(margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
Albert II Alcibiades
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1522
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ansbach, Germany
Died: January 8
 15 
Muhammad Adil Shah
(Ruler of Bijapur Who Helped the Mughals Fight the Ahmednagar Sultanate)
Muhammad Adil Shah
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Birthplace: Afghan
Died: 1557 AD

The 17th-century ruler of Bijapur, Muhammad Adil Shah is known for helping the Mughals fight the Ahmednagar Sultanate. He is believed to have built the Gol Gumbaz, a structure with the second-largest tomb in the world, as a mausoleum for himself, and was buried in it.

 16 
Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus
(Nobleman)
Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus
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Birthdate: 1489 AD
Birthplace: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: January 22
 17 
John III of Portugal
(King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557)
John III of Portugal
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Birthdate: June 7, 1502
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: June 11
 18 
Sebastian Cabot
(Former Explorer)
Sebastian Cabot
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1474 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
 19 
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
(Courtier)
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 9, 1492
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England
Died: April 12
 20 
Adil Shah Suri
(Was the seventh and final ruler of the Sur dynasty)
Adil Shah Suri
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Birthplace: India
Died: March 31
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John Cheke
(Statesman)
John Cheke
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 16, 1514
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: September 13