- Feb 24 Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Italian Pope (1592-1605), born in Fano Italy (d. 1605)
- Mar 31 Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese 13th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1546-65), born in Nanzen-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan (d. 1565)
- Dec 26 Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)