- Dec 9 Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1723)
- Dec 16 Giovanni Maria Casini, Italian organist, composer, and priest, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1719)
- Dec 25 Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)