Cornelis de Houtman (1565-1599)
Apr 2 Dutch Navigator (1st Dutch expedition to Java), born in Gouda, Holland
- May 15 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
- Sep 28 Alessandro Tassoni, Italian political writer (Rape of Bucket), born in Modena, Italy (d. 1635)
- Nov 10 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, born in Söderköping, Sweden (d. 1646)
- Nov 10 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and favorite of Elizabeth I, born in Herefordshire, England (d. 1601)