- 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, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1651)
- Apr 11 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1652)