- Apr 3 Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet (d. 1556)
- Jun 24 Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer, born in Wollin, Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1558)
- Aug 22 Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Birt], German humanist, classical scholar and friend of Erasmus (Beatus Rhenanus Library), born in Sélestat, Alsace (d. 1547)
- Nov 30 Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, born in Pralboino, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1550)
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536)
Dec 16 Spanish princess, 1st wife of Henry VIII, Queen of England (1509-33), born in Madrid, Spain
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