Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Sheikh Bahaii (died 1621), Persian scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet
• Gian Domenico Cancianini (died 1630), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Miguel de Cervantes (died 1616), Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
• Faizi (died 1595), Indian poet laureate of the Emperor Akbar
• Johann Fischart born this year or 1546 (died 1591), German
• Martin Moller (died 1606), German poet and mystic
• Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (died 1590), German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician and astronomer
• Richard Stanihurst, also spelled "Richard Stanyhurst" (died 1618), Irish alchemist, translator, poet and historian
• Maciej Stryjkowski (died 1593), Polish-Lithuanian historian, writer and poet
• Roemer Visscher (died 1620), Dutch merchant and writer, especially of epigrams and emblemata

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 18 – Pietro Bembo (born 1470), Italian cardinal, poet and writer
• January 19 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, (born c. 1517), English poet and aristocrat, executed for treason
• February 25 – Vittoria Colonna (born 1490), Italian noblewoman and poet
• October or November – John Redford (born c. 1500), English composer, poet and playwright
• Also:
  • Lazare de Baïf (born 1496), French poet, diplomat and humanist
  • Meerabai मीराबाई (born 1498), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature