- Mar 6 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione), born in Florence (d. 1556)
- Mar 8 John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint, founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, born in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, Portugal (d. 1550)
- Mar 25 Leonhard Paminger, Austrian composer, poet and theologian, born in Aschach an der Donau (d. 1567)