- Feb 14 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian Renaissance composer and singer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1574)
- Jul 9 John van Hembyze, Flemish Calvinist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1584)
- Jul 20 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch nobleman and financier (royal treasurer general of the Habsburg Netherlands), born in Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire (now Belgium) (d. 1580)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
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