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1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

1527 - 1609
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
1495-current [2013], naval dockyard, English; British

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

1499 - 1546
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VII

1491 - 1547
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Tommaso Manzuoli

1531 - 1571
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Adrian Junius

1512 - 1575
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Ulisse Aldovandi

1527 - 1605
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

1533 - 1606
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Leonhardt Thurneisser

1530 - 1596
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Hernando Cortes

1485 - 1547
1497-1558, physician, French

Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Hans Holbein

1497 - 1543

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary

1516 - 1558
c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Luiz de Camoes

1524 - 1580
c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Juanelo Torriano

1500 - 1585
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Petrus Adriani Werfius

1529 - 1604
c.1545-1612, herbalist, English

John Gerard

1545 - 1612
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Konrad Gesner

1516 - 1565
1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar

1542 - 1605
c. 1494-1568, knight of St John, French

Jean Parisot de la Valette

1494 - 1568
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward

1537 - 1553
active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Leonard Limousin

1505 - 1575
1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592
c. 1485-1547, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Sebastiano del Piombo

1485 - 1547