- Feb 2 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress and mistress to King Charles II, born in London, England (d. 1687)
- Feb 15 Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (Huguenot)
- Apr 20 William Bedloe, English fraudster and Popish Plot informer, born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire (d. 1680)
- Apr 27 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (1670-99), born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1714)
- May 26 John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist, born in Ashe, England (d. 1722)
- Aug 16 Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist, born in Venice, Italy (d. 1718)
- Aug 27 Johann Samuel Welter, German composer, born in Obersontheim, Germany (d. 1720)
- Sep 23 Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
- Oct 21 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)
- Nov 7 John Robinson, English diplomat and prelate, born in Cleasby, North Yorkshire (d. 1723)
- Nov 14 William III, William of Orange, King of England (1689-1702) and Stadtholder, born in The Hague (d. 1702)
- Nov 28 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician and inventor (obstetrical forceps), born in Kortrijk, Flanders (d. 1730)