- Mar 21 Hermann Finck, German organist and composer, born in Pirna, Albertine Duchy of Saxony (d. 1558)
- May 8 Johann Walter, German composer, born in Kahla (d. 1570)
- Sep 21 Matthäus Ludecus, German clerk, tax collector, and liturgical composer, born in Wilsnach, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1606)
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