Feb 21 Sethus Calvisius, German composer, born in Gorsleben, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1615)
Aug 10 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, born in Mengeringhausen, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1607)