- Jan 9 Christoph Buel, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1631)
- Mar 7 John Wilbye, English madrigal composer, born in Brome, Suffolk, England (d. 1638)
- Jul 8 Giovanni Battista Stefanini, Italian organist, maestro di cappella, and composer, born in Milan, Duchy of Milan, Habsburg Spain (d. 1630)