- Jan 6 Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae), born in Haina, Germany (d. 1540)
- Mar 19 Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
- Apr 21 Ulrich von Hutten, German knight, scholar and poet (led Imperial Knights against Roman Catholic Church), born in Schlüchtern, Hesse (d. 1523)