Feb 12 Thomas Campion, English composer, poet and physician, born in London, England (d. 1620)
Apr 25 Aurelio Signoretti, Italian composer, born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1635)
Apr 26 Nicolas Formé, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1638)
May 15 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L'Orfeo, espro della Beata Vergine), baptized in Cremona, Italy (d. 1643)
Aug 10 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera, baptized in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1629)
Dec 15 Christoph Demantius, German composer, born in Reichenberg, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1643)