Births
- April 18 – Thomas Middleton, English (died 1627) English playwright and poet
- September 14 – Francisco de Quevedo (died 1645), nobleman, politician and one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age
- Also:
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (died 1652), Irish Gaelic scholar and poet
- Thomas Ford (died 1648), English composer, lutenist, viol player and poet
- Daniel Heinsius (died 1655), scholar who wrote Latin and Dutch poetry
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (died 1621), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer
- Hortensio Félix Paravicino (died 1633), Spanish preacher and poet
- Daniel Pribiš (died 1645), Slovak
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo born about this year (died 1622), Portuguese
- Mathew Roydon (died 1622), English poet associated with the School of Night group of poets and writers
- John Webster (died 1634), English Jacobean dramatist and poet
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