Famous Personalities Born In 1547

Feb 24 Jan of austria: Spanish military man/land guardian of the netherland  

Mar 01 Rudolph goclenius: German philosopher  

Apr 13 Elisabeth of valois: Third wife of philip ii of spain  

May 20 Melchior bischoff: Composer  

Jun 28 Cristofano malvezzi: Composer  

Sep 14 Johan van oldenbarnevelt: Dutch grand pensionary  

Sep 16 Abu al-faiz ibn mubarak faizi: Persian-dutch east indies poet  

Sep 22 Philipp nikodemus frischlin: German philologist and poet  

Sep 29 Miguel de cervantes saavedra: Spanish author and novelist (don quixote)  

Oct 18 Justus lipsius: [joost lips], dutch classic philologist/historian  

Nov 12 Claude of valois: French princess  

Dec 05 Ubbo emmius: [van embden], dutch-frisian humanist/historian  

Jan 11 Pietro bembo: Italian author, literary theorist, and catholic cardinal (b. 1470)  

Jan 16 Johannes schöner: German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)  

Jan 19 Henry howard: Earl of surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29  

Jan 24 Henry howard: Earl of surrey, executed for treason  

Jan 25 Lieven algoet: Flemish humanist,  

Jan 28 Henry viii: King of england (1509-47),  

Mar 30 Francois i of valois-angouleme: King of france (1515-47),  

Mar 31 Francis i of france: Francis i of france (b. 1494)