- Jan 8 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish writer, born in Belmonte de Calatayud (d. 1658)
- Jan 31 Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter, born in Rotterdam (d. 1658)
- Mar 19 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter and sculptor (Cathedral Granada), born in Granada, Spain (d. 1667)
- May 2 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), born in Abbacy of Fulda, Germany (d. 1680)
- May 27 Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary and martyr, born in Dieppe, Normandie, France (d. 1648)
- Aug 22 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L'Amour tyrannique), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1667)
- Sep 22 Anna of Austria, Spanish princess, Austrian archduchess, Queen of France as wife of Louis XIII and regent of France (1643-51) for her son Louis XIV, born in Benavente Palace, Valladolid, Spain (d. 1666)
Louis XIII (1601-1643)
Sep 27 King of France (1610-43), born in Palace of Fontainebleau, France
