History Profiles

Historical Figures Born in 1533

Notable people born in 1533. Each links to a full biography, feats, trivia and similar figures.

Portrait of Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

89

Queen · 1533 – 1603

Elizabeth I was Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, whose long and stable reign — the Elizabethan era — saw a golden age of culture, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and England's rise as a sea power.

  • The Elizabethan golden age
  • Defeating the Spanish Armada
 Portrait of Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

80

Essayist · 1533 – 1592

Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance thinker and nobleman who invented the essay as a literary form, using candid self-examination to explore the human condition with unmatched honesty and wit.

  • The Essais
  • Inventing the essay