Francis II of France
King of France from 1559 to 1560
7 notable people were born in 1544.
Torquato Tasso
Italian poet
William Gilbert
English physician and natural philosopher (1544?-1603)
Renata of Lorraine
Duchess of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597
Anna of Saxony
German noblewoman
Takenaka Shigeharu
Japanese samurai
Bogislaw XIII
Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast