- Jan 18 Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composer who brought madrigal music to England, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1588)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
Jan 31 Japanese Shogun who founded the first Tokugawa Shogunate and united Japan, born in Okazaki, Japan
- Feb 16 Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
- Feb 18 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
- Mar 7 Johan Casimir, German prince, and mercenary leader (occupied Ghent, 1578), born in Simmern, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1592)
- Apr 1 François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
- Sep 14 Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit priest (5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus), born in Atri, Italy (d. 1615)
- Oct 23 Juan de la Cueva, Spanish dramatist, born in Sevilla, Spain (d. 1612)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90