1624 deaths

German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)

Swiss botanist (1560-1624)

Philosopher (1564-1624)

Dutch painter (c.1595–1624)

French noble

Spanish writer

English politician and naval commander (1536–1624)

Spanish historian

Croatian cleric and scientist

Georgian queen and martyr (Queen of Kakheti; c.1560-1624)

Austrian archduke (1590-1624)

Italian mathematician and selenographer

Spanish explorer (1548-1623)

Doge of Venice

daimyo who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain

Scottish painter, translator and calligrapher (1571-1624)

Italian actor (ca. 1548-1624)

Dutch linguist

Duke of Jägerndorf (1577–1624)

Dutch painter and engraver (1591–1624)

Hungarian count, imperial military general, Ban of Croatia

Italian cardinal

Spanish painter (1586-1624)

son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)

Spanish scholar 1557-1624

Spanish missionary

Spanish saint

Savoyard Royal and Viceroy of Sicily (1588-1624)

Scottish nobleman and politician (1574-1624)

Italian cardinal

the first king of the kingdom of Kongo of the lineage of Kanda Nkanga in Mvika or Kinkanga known as the house of Nsundi

Italian cardinal (1568-1624)

Dutch admiral (1563–1621)

Mughal noble

Spanish duke

Ottoman grand vizier (1501–1624)

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg

(died October 17, 1624), formerly known as , , , was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan. She was formerly the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi under the name of . When she rose in higher political status, she took the title of "Kita no mandokoro". As the matriarch figure of the Toyotomi clan, she led all diplomatic affairs that had to do with the imperial court, and monitored the daimyos' families who were being held hostage at Osaka Castle.

Savoisian lawyer, first President of the Sovereign Senate of Savoy

Mughal princess

Spanish diplomat and traveller (1550-1624)

Dutch admiral and explorer (1582-1624)

Spanish religious (1565-1624)

Scottish noble

Roman Catholic prelate

Portuguese mathematician and engineer

Italian philosopher and physician

Head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan and diarist

Spanish jesuit

Danish prince-bishop

Dutch merchant (1558-1624)

German nobleman (1543–1624)

Dutch physician and botanist (1565-1624)

bishop of Ariano and cardinal-bishop of Agrigento

Italian historian, archaeologist and architect (1570-1624)

Belgian Jesuit priest (1563-1624)

Islamic scholar

politician

Italian cardinal (1566-1624)

Greek bishop