- Feb 14 Hans Christoph Heyden, German composer, organist and poet, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1617)
- Apr 4 William Strachey, English writer (early history of the English colonisation of North America), born in Saffron Walden, Essex (d. 1621)
- Apr 14 Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1632)
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Jun 11 English playwright and poet (Volpone, Alchemist), born in London
- Sep 15 Erasmus Widmann, German composer, born in Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1634)
- Nov 8 John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (1618-19), born in Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1619)
- Nov 13 Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople, born in Heraklion, Greece (d. 1638)
- Dec 27 Jan Campanus, Czech composer and humanist, born in Vodňany, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1622)
- Dec 31 Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
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