1640 deaths

Flemish painter (1577–1640)

the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)

English scholar (1577–1640)

Portuguese philosopher (c.1585-1640)

17th-century Iranian Shia philosopher and theologian

Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia

English playwright (1583–1640)

German physician, poet and diplomat (1609-1640)

purported Ottoman aviator of legend

Polish writer (1595-1640)

Italian Mannerist painter (1568–1640)

Czech warrior (1567–1640)

Duke of Courland (1574–1640)

French Jesuit priest

French aristocrat and military commander (1571-1640)

French canon regular

English poet

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1562-1640)

Stadtholder of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe (1612-1640)

French saint

Italian painter (1577-1640)

Italian composer and music theorist (1578-1640)

8th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom

French historian

fourth daughter of Safavid king Tahmasp I (r. 1524-1576)

Polish poet

Italian poet and jurist (1574-1640)

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1633, 1635–1636 and 1638–1639

Indian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition

English poet, playwright, and religious writer

English composer

Lithuanian noble and politician (1585-1640)

Italian artist (1577-1640)

Franciscan nun and saint

Scottish courtier and poet

Daughter of King Charles I

German composer

Countess of Nassau

Italian scientist (1567-1640)

Italian painter (1551-1640)

Kurdish poet

Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1627-1640)

German artist

Spanish fencer

Azerbaijani poet

Irish Bishop

Flemish sculptor (1580-1640)

Persian philosopher, poet and mystic

Duke of Aarschot

Prime Minister of Portugal

Spanish nun

Polish archbishop of Greek Catholic Church

German count

Italian poet

Patriarch of Moscow

Anglo-Dutch antiquary, publisher, humorist and translator (1550–1640)

German philologist (1582-1640)

Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Belgian historian

English Earl