theologian (d. 1641) March 5 – John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) March 29 – Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1645) April 15 – Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (d. 1606) May 9 – Frederick IV of Fürstenberg, German noble (d. 1617) June 1 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612) June 4 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (d. 1624) July 19 – Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne (d. 1624) September 4 – Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620) September 15 – Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1607) September 18 – Agnes of Limburg-Styrum, Abbess of Elten, Vreden, Borghorst and Freckenhorst (d. 1645) September 21 – Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, French general (d. 1608) September 27 – Thomas Freke, English politician (d. 1633) September 30 – Enno III, Count of East Frisia, Count of Ostfriesland from 1599 to 1625 from the Cirksena family (d. 1625) October 4 – Dorothea of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1587) October 13 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608) October 14 – Jodocus Hondius, Flemish artist (d. 1633) October 28 – Berlinghiero Gessi, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1639) October 30 – Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Duchess of Hunters Village (d. 1639) November 5 – Countess Anna of Nassau (d. 1588) November 8 – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1624) November 19 – Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626) November 20 – Sophie of Württemberg, German noble (d. 1590) November 28 – Hosokawa Tadaoki, Japanese daimyō (d. 1646) December 2 – Mutio Vitelleschi, Italian Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1645) December 19 – Lord William Howard, English nobleman (d. 1640) December 20 – Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona, Spanish noble and diplomat (d. 1615) date unknown Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (d. 1606) Louise Bourgeois Boursier, French Royal midwife (d. 1636) John Dowland, English composer (d. 1626) Michael Drayton, English poet (d. 1631) Scipione Gentili, Italian legal scholar (d. 1616) Anna Guarini, Italian virtuoso singer (d. 1598) Hosokawa Gracia, Japanese noblewoman (d. 1600) Heo Nanseolheon, Korean poet (d. 1589) Marcin Kazanowski, Polish nobleman (d. 1636) Zygmunt Kazanowski, Polish nobleman (d. 1634) Robert Naunton, English politician and writer (d. 1635) Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Portuguese seaman and explorer (d. 1614) Mariana de Jesús Torres, Spanish nun