- Jan 14 Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
- Jan 16 Johannes Schöner, German polymath, astronomer and cartographer (Schöner globes), born in Karlstadt am Main, Lower Franconia, Bavaria (d. 1547)
- Jan 25 Anna Duchess of Brittany, heir to the Duchy of Brittany, only woman to be French Consort Queen twice to Charles VIII (1483-98), and Louis XII (1499-1514), born in Nantes, France (d. 1514)