- Jan 20 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel), born in Grünhain, Saxony (d. 1630)
- Feb 8 Jacob Praetorius, German Baroque organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1651)
- Apr 11 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1652)
- Jun 28 Paul Siefert, German composer and organist, born in Danzig (d. 1666)
- Jul 1 Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, born in Siena, Italy (d. 1630)
- Sep 15 Cristóbal de Isla Diego, Spanish Baroque composer and conductor, bapitized in Berlanga de Duero, Spain (d. 1651)