- Feb 22 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian lutenist and composer, born in Parma, Papal States (d. 1604)
- Jun 15 Richard Grenville, English privateer, explorer, politician and vice-admiral (established Roanoke colony), born in Bideford, England (d. 1591)
- Jun 24 St. John of the Cross [Juan de Yepes y Álvarez], Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint, priest and poet, born in Fontiveros, Ávila, Spain (d. 1591)
Akbar (1542-1605)
Oct 15 3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), born in Umerkot, Sindh
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
Dec 8 Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart], Queen of Scotland (1560-87), born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland
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