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== Births ==
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]] (d. [[1521]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Thomas More]], English statesman and humanist (d. [[1535]])<ref>{{cite web |title=History - Historic Figures: Thomas More (1478 - 1535) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/more_sir_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VII]] (d. [[1534]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement VII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VII-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[John, Prince of Asturias]], Son of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]] (d. [[1497]])
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Louis V, Elector Palatine]] (1508–1544) (d. [[1544]])
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Gian Giorgio Trissino]] (d. [[1550]])
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Giulio d'Este]], illegitimate son of Italian noble (d. [[1561]])
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Barbara Jagiellon]], Duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (1500–1534) (d. [[1534]])
* [[July 22]] &ndash; King [[Philip I of Castile]] (d. [[1506]])
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés]], Spanish historian (d. [[1557]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Baldassare Castiglione]], Italian courtier and writer (d. [[1529]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jacques Dubois]], French anatomist (d. [[1555]])
** [[Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi]], Italian regent (d. [[1510]])
** [[Girolamo Fracastoro]], Italian physician (d. [[1553]])
** [[Visconte Maggiolo]], Italian navigator and cartographer (d. [[1530]])
** [[Katharina von Zimmern]], Swiss sovereign abbess (d. [[1547]])
* ''probable'' 
** [[Thomas Ashwell]], English composer
** [[Madeleine Lartessuti]], French shipper and banker (d. [[1543]])