Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Hartmann, Georg

1489 - 1564

1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516

1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536

1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Monardes, Nicolas

1493 - 1588

c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Calcar, Jan Steven van

1499 - 1546

1480-1562, knight, German

Berlichingen, Götz von

1480 - 1562

1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Agricola, Georg

1494 - 1555

1467-1540, scholar; humanist, French

Budé, Guillaume

1467 - 1540

1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Columbus, Christopher

1451 - 1506

c. 1460-1509, cartographer; conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Cosa, Juan de la

1460 - 1509

1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Cortes, Hernando

1485 - 1547

1457-1509, king of England and lord of Ireland, reigned 1485-1509

Henry VII

1457 - 1509

1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Cavino, Giovanni dal

1500 - 1570

1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Da Vinci, Leonardo

1452 - 1519

1497-1558, physician, French

Fernel, Jean

1497 - 1558

1483-1533, writer, French

Rabelais, François

1483 - 1533

about 1450-about 1512, surgeon, publisher of book on surgery, born Strasbourg, German?

Brunschwig, Hieronymus von

1450 - 1512

c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Torriano, Juanelo

1500 - 1585

c. 1471 or 1476-1541, conquistador, Spanish

Pizarro, Francisco

1476 - 1541

c. 1494-1568, knight of St John, French

Valette, Jean Parisot de la

1494 - 1568

1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Holbein, Hans

1497 - 1543

1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Copernicus, Nicolaus

1473 - 1543

active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Kratzer, Nicolaus

1486 - 1550

c. 1485-1547, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Piombo, Sebastiano del

1485 - 1547

c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553

1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VIII

1491 - 1547

1457-1482, duchess of Burgundy

Mary

1457 - 1482

1451-1504, monarch; queen, Spanish

Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504

1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558

1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

active 1451-current (2008), university; research institution, Glasgow, Scotland

University of Glasgow

1451

Hedges, Nick

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Portsmouth Dockyard

1495

1495-current (2008), university, Aberdeen, Scotland

University of Aberdeen

1495

1495-current [2013], naval dockyard, English; British

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495