- Jan 11 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Parliamentarian and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, born in England (d. 1646)
- Jan 12 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker nicknamed "Lo Spagnoletto / the Little Spaniard", born in Xàtiva, Spain (d. 1652)
- Feb 25 Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
- Mar 15 Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
- May 26 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, baptized in Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (d. 1652)
- Jun 16 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist, born in Candia, Crete (d. 1655)
- Aug 24 Robert Herrick, English poet ('Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'), baptized in London (d. 1674)
- Sep 8 Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld, French abbess (Port-Royal de Paris), born in Paris (d. 1661)
- Sep 23 Michael Lohr, German composer, born in Marienberg, Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1654)
- Oct 6 Settimia Caccini, Italian soprano, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. c.1638)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90