Year was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 20 - Johann Schein , German composer (died 1630 )
- April 17 - John Ford , English dramatist and poet (died 1640 )
- April 30 - Saint Rose Of Lima , Peruvian saint (died 1617 )
- July 1 - Claudio Saracini , Italian composer (d. 1630 )
- July 5 - Thomas Hooker , Connecticut colonist (d. 1647 )
- July 7 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl Of Arundel , English courtier (died 1646 )
- August 14 - William Hutchinson , founder of Rhode Island (died 1642 )
- October 9 - Archduke Leopold V Of Austria , regent of Tyrol (died 1632 )
- December 6 - Niccolo Zucchi , Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Johann Valentin Andrea , German theologian (died 1654 )
- --- Pau Claris I Casademunt , Catalan ecclesiastic (died 1641 )
- --- Giles Fletcher , English poet (died 1623 )
- --- Gerard De Malynes , English merchant (died 1641 )
- --- John Mason , English explorer (died 1635 )
- --- Jacob Praetorius , German composer and organist (died 1651 )
- --- David HaLevi Segal , Polish rabbi (died 1667 )
: ''See also .''
- January 25 - Lucas Cranach The Younger , German painter (born 1515 )
- March 20 - Richard Maitland , Scottish statesman and historian (born 1496 )
- March 24 - Margaret Clitherow , English Catholic saint and martyr (born 1556 )
- April 8 - Martin Chemnitz , Lutheran reformer (born 1522 )
- May 5 - Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1529 )
- May 9 - Luis De Morales , Spanish religious painter (born 1510 )
- June 28 - Primoz Trubar , Slovenian Protestant reformer (born 1508 )
- July 12 - Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (born 1525 )
- September 18 – Ottavio Farnese, Duke Of Parma (born 1521 )
- September 20
- ---Sir Anthony Babington , English Catholic conspirator (executed) (born 1561 )
- --- Chidiock Tichborne , English conspirator and poet (executed) (born 1558 )
- September 21 - Antoine Perrenot De Granvelle , French church leader (born 1517 )
- October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney , English poet, courtier, and soldier (killed in battle) (born 1554 )
- December 12 – Stefan Batory , King of Poland (born 1533 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Philips Van Der Aa , Dutch statesman
- --- Andrea Gabrieli , Italian composer (born 1510 )
: ''See also .''
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