Deaths
- January 25 - Robert Burton, scholar (born 1577)
- March 17 - Philip Massinger, dramatist (born 1583)
- March 22 - Thomas Carew, poet (born 1595)
- April 2 - Paul Fleming, poet (born 1609)
- April - Uriel da Costa, Portuguese philosopher (born c. 1585)
- May 30 - André Duchesne, French historian (born 1584)
- October 1 - Claudio Achillini, Italian philosopher and poet (born 1574)
- date unknown
- William Alabaster, poet (born 1567)
- William Aspley, London publisher
- Elizabeth Melville, Scottish poet
- Sir John Melton, politician and writer
- Daniel Naborowski, Polish poet (born 1573)
- Richard Rowlands, antiquary (born c. 1550)
- probable
- Charles Aleyn, poet
- John Day, dramatist (born 1574)
- John Ford, dramatist (born 1584)
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