composer of the early Baroque era (d. 1643) May 5 – John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1608–1628) (d. 1628) June 26 – Johannes Schultz, German composer (d. 1653) June 28 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English nobleman and politician (d. 1662) July 27 – Sir John Isham, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1651) August 11 – Sabina Catharina of East Frisia, Countess of Rietberg (1586–1618) (d. 1618) August 17 – John Matthew Rispoli, major Maltese philosopher of great erudition (d. 1639) August 26 – Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637) August 27 – Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, German noble (d. 1635) August 28 Taichang Emperor, of the Ming Dynasty of China (d. 1620) Hans Meinhard von Schönberg, German military commander (d. 1616) September 25 – Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (d. 1620) September 26 – Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, German Catholic cardinal (d. 1625) October 2 – Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1614–1632) (d. 1632) October 17 – Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader (d. 1637) October 19 – Dmitri Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591) October 21 – John Ernest of Nassau-Siegen, German general (d. 1617) October 22 – Francesco Piccolomini, Italian Jesuit (d. 1651) November 2 – Elizabeth Jane Weston, English Czech poet (d. 1612) November 21 – François Maynard, French poet (d. 1646) November 27 – Pierre Dupuy, French historian (d. 1651) November 30 – Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt, Archbishop of Mainz (d. 1647) December 10 – William Chappell, Irish bishop (d. 1649) December 16 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English adventurer and soldier (d. 1642) December 23 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663) date unknown Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (d. 1655) Giulio Alenio, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (d. 1652) John Bainbridge, English astronomer (d. 1648) Richard Corbet, English poet and bishop (d. 1635) William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1663) Thomas Moulson, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1638) David Teniers the Elder, Flemish painter (d. 1649) Francis Windebank, English politician (d. 1646) Jacomina de Witte, politically influential Dutch woman (d. 1661) Jakub Zadzik, Polish nobleman and diplomat (d. 1642) probable – Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (d. 1629) Deaths January 23 – Jean Bauhin, French physician (b. 1511) January 26 – Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist scholar (b. 1499) February 18 – Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai