Ivan IV
Also known as: Ivan the Terrible
1530 – 1584
Russian

Emperor. He became the first czar, or emperor, of Russia, and held the boyars, the nobles, in check through violence.

Contemporaries
1515–1582St. Teresa of Avila
1564–1616William Shakespeare
fl. c. 1494–c. 1553François Rabelais
1469–1539Nanak
1533–1592Michel de Montaigne
1483–1546Martin Luther
1542–1591St. John of the Cross
1547–1616Miguel de Cervantes
1500–1571Benvenuto Cellini
1509–1564John Calvin
1561–1626Francis Bacon