(1500?–1557), Ottoman poet Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • December 6 -
Nicolaus Mameranus (died c.
1567), Luxembourgian soldier and
Latin-language historian and poet •
Erasmus Alberus, birth year uncertain (died
1553),
German humanist, reformer and poet •
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz (died
1580), Greek
kabbalist and poet • Antonius Arena, also known as "Antoine Arènes" (died
1544),
French jurist and poet • Eustorg Beaulieu (died
1552),
French •
John Bellenden (died about
1548),
English •
Bonaventure des Périers, born about this year (suicide
1544),
French author and poet •
George Cavendish, born this year according to one source but another states
1494 (died about
1561),
English •
Hayâlî (خيالى) (died
1557),
Ottoman Turkish •
Nikolaus Herman, birth year uncertain (died
1561),
German hymnodist •
Marcello Palingenio Stellato, born this year or
1503 (died
1543),
Italian,
Latin-language poet •
Ludovico Pasquali (died
1551),
Italian author and poet • Christoff Wirsung, birth year uncertain (died
1571),
German •
Wu Cheng'en born 1500 or 1505 (died c.
1580),
Chinese novelist and poet of the
Ming Dynasty ==Deaths==