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- January 8 - Baltasar Gracián Y Morales , Spanish prose writer (died 1658 )
- May - Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl Of Northampton (died 1643 )
- May 2 - Athanasius Kircher , German Jesuit scholar (died 1680 )
- August 17 - Pierre De Fermat , French mathematician (d. 1665 )
- August 22 - Georges De Scudéry , French novelist, dramatist and poet (died 1667 )
- September 13 - Jan Brueghel The Younger , Flemish painter (died 1678 )
- September 22 - Anna Of Austria , queen of Louis XIII Of France and regent (died 1666 )
- September 27 - King Louis XIII Of France (died 1643 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- William Coddington , first governor of Rhode Island (died 1678 )
- --- Jacques Gaffarel , French librarian and astrologer (died 1681 )
- ''probable''
- --- Adrian Scrope , English regicide (died 1660 )
- --- François Tristan L'Hermite , French dramatist (died 1655 )
- --- Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess Of Worcester (died 1667 )
: ''See also .''
- January 19 - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl Of Pembroke , English statesman (born 1534 )
- February 25 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex , English politician (born 1566 )
- February 27 - Anne Line , English saint (birthdate unknown)
- April 10 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish poet and soldier of fortune (born 1562 )
- May 19 - Costanzo Porta , Italian composer (born 1528 )
- August 9 - Mihai Viteazul , Prince of Wallachia (born 1558 )
- October 24 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer (born 1546 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Scipione Ammirato , Italian historian (born 1531 )
- --- Girolamo Dalla Casa , Italian composer
- --- Ogawa Suketada , Japanese daimyo (born 1549 )
- ''probable''
- --- Thomas North , English translator of Plutarch (born 1535 )
- --- John Shakespeare , English glover and farmer, father of William Shakespeare (born 1529 )
: ''See also .''
January 1, 1601, is used as the base of file dates.
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