1654 deaths

Swedish statesman (1583-1654)

King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans (1633-1654)

Dutch painter (1625-1654)

Italian sculptor (1598–1654)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1622–1654)

emperor of Japan (1633–1654)

French author, best known for his epistolary essays

Jesuit missionary

English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law (1584-1654)

German composer, organist and teacher (1587-1654)

German writer, mathematician and theologian (1586-1654)

Danish scientist (1588–1654)

Khan of Crimea

French architect (1585–1654)

Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598-1654)

English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (1616-1654)

Italian missionary (1565-1655)

Voivode of Wallachia

Italian actor

Spanish organist and composer

Czech rabbi

Roman Catholic archbishop (1584-1654)

painter (1613-1654)

Traveller, historian

German prince (1620–1654)

Duke of Joyeuse

Italian sculptor (1580-1654)

French politician and admiral (1585-1654)

Lithuanian politician (1594-1654)

Italian Jesuit priest, architect and scientist

English martyr

French author

Flemish sculptor and architect (1602–1654)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1589-1654)

Viceroy of Peru

Dutch explorer

English noble and art patron

German noble (1586-1654)

French politician (1575-1654)

Maltese painter (c.1610-1654)

Newfoundland colonial leader

Scottish writer and controversialist

French writer and abbot (1615-1654)

British writer

Flemish painter (1602-1654)

Italian linguist and lexicographer

English theologian

Catholic cardinal (1589-1654)

Second Trịnh lord

Polish noble (1600-1654)

Flemish painter (1606-1654)

Burgundian diplomat (1599-1654)

Flemish painter (1611-1654)

Italian astronomer

courtesan, singer, and musician during the Ming dynasty

Venetian nobleman and poet

Italian architect

Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order

French classical scholar

Dutch theologian (1583-1654)