(''' MDCIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January - Shackerley Marmion , English dramatist (d. 1639 )
- January 27 - Harbottle Grimston , English politician (d. 1685 )
- March 18
- --- Simon Bradstreet , English colonial magistrate (d. 1697 )
- --- King John IV Of Portugal (d. 1656 )
- April 19 - Michel Le Tellier , French statesman (d. 1685 )
- June 17 - Joseph Of Cupertino , Italian saint (d. 1663 )
- July 11 - Kenelm Digby , English privateer and alchemist (d. 1665 )
- July 23 - Axel Lillie , Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1662 )
- August 16 - Adam Olearius , German scholar (d. 1671 )
- August 17 - Lennart Torstenson ,Dutch solidier and military engineer (d. 1651 )
- September 15 - Tokugawa Yorifusa , Japanese nobleman (d. 1661 )
- October 10 - Abel Janszoon Tasman , a Dutch seafarer and explorer (d. 1659 )
- November 16 - Augustyn Kordecki , Polish prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery (d. 1673 )
- December 21 - Roger Williams , English theologian and colonist (d. 1684 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Louis Abelly , French monk and priest (died 1691 )
- --- John Ashburnham , English Member of Parliament (died 1671 )
- --- Daniel Blagrave , English Member of Parliament (died 1668 )
- --- Johannes Cocceius , Dutch theologian (died 1669 )
- --- Valentin Conrart , one of the founders of the Académie française (died 1675 )
- --- Denis Gaultier , French lutenist and composer (died 1672 )
- ''probable''
- --- Aernout Van Der Neer , Dutch painter (died 1677 )
- --- Alexandre De Prouville , French statesman and soldier (died 1670 )
''See also .''
- January 15 - Catherine Carey , Lady in waiting to Elizabeth I Of England
- February 23 - Andrea Cesalpino , Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519 )
- March 24 - Queen Elizabeth I Of England (b. 1533 )
- March 25 - Ikoma Chikamasa , Japanese warlord (b. 1526 )
- April 25 – George Frederick, Margrave Of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1539 )
- June - Baldassare Donato , Italian composer and singer (b. 1525 )
- June 27 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski , Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. 1539 )
- July 4 - Philippe De Monte , Flemish composer (b. 1521 )
- September 8 - George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon , English politician (b. 1547 )
- November 16 - Pierre Charron , French philosopher (b. 1541 )
- November 20 – Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł , Polish nobleman (b. 1547 )
- December 9 - William Watson , English conspirator (b. 1559 )
- December 10 - William Gilbert , English scientist (plague) (b. 1544 )
- December 13 - François Viète , French mathematician (b. 1540 )
- December 22 - Mehmed III , Ottoman Emperor (b. 1566 )
- December 27 - Thomas Cartwright , English Puritan clergyman
- ''date unknown''
- --- Edward Fenton , English navigator
- --- Ralph Lane , English explorer (b. 1530 )
- --- Aleksander Ostrogski , Polish nobleman (b. 1571 )
- --- Ikeda Tomomasa , Japanese military commander (b. 1544 )
- --- Chen Lin , general of Ming Dynasty
- ''probable''
- --- Grace O'Malley , Irish noblewoman and pirate (b. 1530 )
''See also .''
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