- Feb 4 Eustache du Caurroy, French Renaissance composer, born in Gerberoy, France (d. 1609)
- Mar 11 Henric Laurenszoon Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance writer and poet (Hertspiegel), born in Amsterdam (d. 1612)
- Jun 1 Allesandre Spontone, Bolognese composer and Maestro Di Capella, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. c. 1590)
- Jul 30 Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born in Florence (d. 1609)
- Sep 1 Charles Philip of Croÿ, Marquis of Havre, military general for the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1613)
- Oct 1 Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, born in Almendral de la Cañada, Old Castile, Crown of Castile (d. 1626)
- Nov 2 Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain, born in Cigales, Spain (d. 1580)
- Nov 5 Philippe de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer, born in Buhy, France (d. 1623)
- Dec 1 Johan van der Veeken, Dutch merchant, richest shipowner and banker in Rotterdam, born in Mechelen (d. 1616)
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30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90