- Jan 25 Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1580)
John Calvin
Jul 10 John Calvin [Jehan Cauvin], Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism), born in Picardy, France (d. 1564)
John Calvin
- Aug 3 Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer, born in Orléans, France (d. 1546)