year list Show122448 people Sort by Popularity Name Age Height Net Worth ASC DESC Go All Women Men Year: 1540 Showing 0 to 30 people Lady Margaret Seymour, English wrtier Lattanzio Pagani, Italian painter Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, Portuguese colonial administrator Margaret Howard Duchess of Norfolk, Maria de' Medici (1540–1557), Martín de Padilla y Manrique 1st Count of Santa Gadea, Spanish noble James Drummond 1st Baron Maderty, Jan Kraeck, Dutch Renaissance painter Jan Ponętowski, Politician Jan Woutersz van Cuyck, painter Edmund Bunny, English clergyman Edmund Campion, English Jesuit priest martyr and saint Edward Dering (clergyman), Edward Grant (headmaster), British poet Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss divine Johannes Lauritsson, John Brocket (died 1598), English politician John Goodman (MP), English politician John Marchant (seaman), Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian Bakshi Banu Begum, Daughter of Emperor Humayun and Gunwar Bibi Barnabe Googe, English politician Bartholomäus Scultetus, German astronomer and cartographer Anna of Veldenz, Margrave of Baden Annibale Fontana, Italian artist Antonio Pérez, Arthur Agarde, English antiquary Ohama Kagetaka, Pirate and General Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John of Bletso, English Baron Ostilio Ricci, Italian mathematician Paolo Fiammingo, Flemish-Italian painter Paolo Paruta, Italian historian Paschal Baylon, Spanish friar Rajah Sulayman, Rajah of Maynila Raphael Coxie, Flemish Renaissance painter Peter Warburton (judge), Justice of the Common Plea Pierre Busée, Dutch theologian Pierre Grégoire (jurist), Pierre Jeannin, French politician Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, French writer Pierre de Bourdeille seigneur de Brantôme, French historian Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch navigator and astronomer Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Dutch painter Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Margravine consort of Baden-Rodemachern Alfonso Carafa, Italian cardinal Alfonso Gesualdo, Catholic cardinal Richard Howland, British academic and bishop Richard Netterville, Irish politician « Previous Next » Year: 1540 Movie Actor Soccer Player DJ Rapper Politician TV Actress Photographer Model Pop Singer Instagram Star YouTube Star TikTok Star