1528 in literature

• October 2 – William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man (The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern) is printed in Antwerp for clandestine distribution in England.

• Baltissare Castiglione – The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano)
• Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples – Ancien Testament (translation of the Old Testament into French)
• Francisco Delicado – Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman (Retrato de la Loçana andaluza)
• Desiderius Erasmus – Ciceronianus
• Jean Fernel – Cosmotheoria
• Martin Luther – Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (Vom Abendmahl Christi, Bekenntnis)
• William Tyndale – The Obedience of a Christian Man

• Ludovico Ariosto
  • La Lena
  • Il Negromante (approximate date of first performance)

• Anna Bijns – Refrains

• November 2 – Petrus Lotichius Secundus, born Peter Lotz, German scholar and Latin poet (died 1560)

Uncertain dates

• Rémy Belleau, French poet (died 1577)
• Birbal, born Maheshdas Bhat, Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court (died 1586)
• Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet (died 1602)
• Henri Estienne, French printer and classical scholar (died 1598)
• António Ferreira, Portuguese poet (died 1569)
• Atagi Fuyuyasu (安宅 冬康), Japanese samurai and poet (died 1564)
• Phùng Khắc Khoan, Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet (died 1613)
• Thomas Whythorne, English composer and autobiographer (died 1595)

• March 10 - Balthasar Hubmaier, German Anabaptist theologian (born c.1480)
• November 17 - Jakob Wimpfeling, humanist and theologian (born 1450)

Uncertain dates

• Al-Birjandi, Persian scientist
• Giorgio Anselmo, Italian physician and Latin poet (born c.1458)
• Erhard Ratdolt, German printer (born 1442)