Melchior Neusidler – Teuetsch Lautenbuch
January 9 (baptized) – Christoph Buel, German composer
January 17 – Robert Fludd, English composer and writer (died 1637)
March 7 (baptized) – John Wilbye, English madrigal composer (died 1638)
May 14 – Francesco Rasi, Italian tenor (died 1621)
July 8 (baptized) – Giovanni Battista Stefanini, Italian composer
September 2 (baptized) – Georg Leopold Fuhrmann, German lutenist, engraver, printer, editor and publisher
September 27 (baptized) – Jean Dufon, Flemish composer and singer
date unknown
Andreas Hakenberger, composer (died 1627)
Francis Tregian the Younger, English recusant and musician, possible compiler of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Claudio Pari, Italian composer
March – Giovanni Contino, Italian composer
March 5 – Pedro Fernández, Spanish composer
November – Robert White, English composer
date unknown
Jean Guyon, French composer of chansons
Antonfrancesco Doni – Italian writer, academic and musician
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