- Jan 1 Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright
- Jan 1 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
- Jan 10 Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist & bishop, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1686)
- Jan 12 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
- Jan 24 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)