- Jun 9 Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
- Nov 30 Andrea Palladio [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], Italian architect (Il Redentore, Venice), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1580)
- Dec 9 Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon], Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (created globe), born in Dokkum, Friesland (now Netherlands) (d. 1555)
- Dec 24 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1567)
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