- Jan 5 Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian, born in Granada, Spain (d. 1617)
- Mar 13 Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole vicar, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1614)
- Mar 18 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet
- Sep 2 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)
- Sep 29 William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
- Dec 23 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)