- Feb 1 Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar, born in Wipfeld, Germany (d. 1508)
- Mar 2 Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Dutch Pope (1522-23) last non-Italian pope for 455 years, born in Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1523)
- Mar 6 Jacob Fugger 'Fugger the Rich', German banker and merchant (so rich he financed kings and influenced politics), born in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1525)
Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519)
Mar 22 Holy Roman Emperor (1508-19, established Hapsburg dynasty in Spain), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- Oct 6 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1507)
- Dec 22 Sultan Cem, third son of Sultan Mehmed II and pretender to the Ottoman throne, born in Rumelia, Ottoman Empire (d. 1495)
- Dec 27 John I Albert [Jan I Olbracht], Polish sovereign (King of Poland, 1492-1501; Duke of Głogów, 1491-98), born in Kraków, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1501)
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50-59
80-89
Over 90