page_title: 1515
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1515 / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of an Unknown Lady, probably English. The face is considerably worn by rubbing; the insensitive lines of the spencer (jacket) are by later hands (Parker, p. 49). Holbein has noted "damast sh" (black damask) at the bottom of the sheet.
context_page_description: Year 1515 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
context_section_description: January 1 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician (d. 1588)
  February 4 – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (d. 1565)
  February 14 – Frederick III, Elector Palatine, ruler from the house of Wittelsbach (d. 1576)
  February 18 – Valerius Cordus, German physician, botanist and author (d. 1544)
  March 10 – Injong of Joseon, 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545)
  March 12 – Caspar Othmayr, German Protestant priest, theologian and composer (d. 1553)
  March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite nun, poet and saint (d. 1582)
  May 2 – Sibylle of Saxony, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1592)
  May 12
  Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (1550–1568) (d. 1568)
  Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish politician and judge (d. 1558)
  June 15 – Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke, English countess (d. 1552)
  July 4 – Eleonora d'Este, Ferranese noblewoman (d. 1575)
  July 10 – Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582)
  July 14 – Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1560)
  July 21 – Philip Neri, Italian Roman Catholic saint (d. 1595)
  September 8 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish biblical scholar and early Jesuit (d. 1585)
  September 22 – Anne of Cleves, Fourth Queen of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)
  October 4 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
  October 7 – Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, son of King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1540)
  October 8 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
  October 15 – Leone Strozzi, French Navy admiral (d. 1554)
  October 29
  Vincenzo Borghini, Italian monk (d. 1580)
  Mary of Bourbon, daughter of Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1538)
  November 22 – Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
  December 15 – Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1583)
  date unknown
  Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish peer (d. 1558)
  Sebastian Castellio, rector of the College of Geneva (d. 1563)
  Sehzade Mustafa, First born son of Suleiman the Magnificent by Mahidevran Sultan (d. 1553)
  Cristóbal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (d. 1580)
  Injong of Joseon, 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545)
  Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (d. 1572)
  Thomas Seckford, Master of Requests for Elizabeth I of England (d. 1587)
  Thomas Watson, English Catholic bishop (d. 1584)
  probable
  Leonard Digges, English mathematician and surveyor (d. c. 1559)
  Jean Maillard, French composer
  Laurence Nowell, English antiquarian (d. 1571)
  Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (d. 1565)
  Nicholas Throckmorton, English churchman, last abbot of Westminster (d. 1571)
  John Willock, Scottish reformer (d. 1585)
caption: Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke
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