1640 deaths

Polish rabbi and writer

Italian rhetorician, historian and poet

Italian writer

English nobleman and antiquarian

German organist and composer, and member of the prominent musical Hasse family

wife of the Margrave William of Baden-Baden

English musician and composer

French mathematician

Spanish admiral (1577-1640)

Ming dynasty physician and writer

French military general (1590-1640)

Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, politician and magnate (1587-1640)

Flemish theologian (1565–1640)

Japanese samurai

Cambodian King (1630-1640)

Peruvian archbishop (1582-1640)

Minister of Finance of France

English politician and Earl

Polish bishop

Swedish statesman (1587-1640)

Spanish scholar

Devotee of Guruvayurappan

Swedish Field Marshal and Noble (1598-1640)

Flemish art collector, numismatist and mayor of Antwerp (1560-1640)

Scottish poet

French poet (1590-1640)

Manchu nobleman and military leader; the second Beile (Manch prince) of the early Later Jin dynasty

Italian painter (1571-1640)

Ukrainian bishop

Dutch colonial governor

Danish diplomat and military officer (1611-1640)

Dutch colonial governor

French painter (1584-1640)

Russian noble

Dutch businessman (1590-1640)

Italian Jesuit missionary

Dutch theologian

English noble (1572-1640)

Dutch painter (1596-1640)

Duke of Sogorb (Segorbe)

English politician

Irish prince

Iranian poet

daimyo

English divine

Italian painter (1617-1640)

Roman Catholic archbishop

German noble (1600-1640)

Spanish general

Leader of the Evenk federation

singer

Dey of Tunis (1570-1640)

English bible translator (1536-1640)

Belgian composer

German physician and orientalist

Rene Descartes' daughter