Year ( MDI ) was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .
- January 16 - Anthony Denny , confidant of Henry VIII Of England (died 1559 )
- January 17 - Leonhart Fuchs , German physician and botanist (died 1566 )
- May 6 - Pope Marcellus II (died 1555 )
- July 18 - Isabella Of Burgundy , queen of Christian II Of Denmark (died 1526 )
- September 24 - Gerolamo Cardano , Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler (died 1567 )
- November 25 - Yi Hwang , Korean Confucian scholar (died 1570 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Girolamo Da Carpi , Italian painter (died 1556 )
- --- Dawit II Of Ethiopia (died 1540 )
- --- John Dudley, 1st Duke Of Northumberland , Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553 )
- --- Murakami Yoshikiyo , Japan ese nobleman (died 1573 )
- ''probable''
- --- Nicholas Heath , Archbishop Of York and Lord Chancellor (approximate date; died 1578 )
- --- Garcia De Orta , Portuguese physician (died 1568 )
- --- Hilaire Penet , French composer
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