- Feb 1 Miguel Lopez, Spanish composer and organist, born in Villarroya de la Sierra (d. 1723)
- Feb 2 Louis Marchand, French baroque composer and organist (d. 1732)
- May 26 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, born in Vigny, Île-de-France, France (d. 1722)
- Jun 24 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), born in Paris (d. 1740)
- Jun 30 Mauritius Vogt, German composer, born in Königshofen, Bavaria (d. 1730)
- Jul 4 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, born in Antwerp (d. 1759)
- Aug 9 Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia as the first wife of Peter I of Russia, born in Moscow (d. 1731)
- Aug 27 Anne Marie of Orléans, Queen of Italy, born in Château de Saint-Cloud, France (d. 1728)
- Nov 23 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)
- Dec 16 Arnold van Boonen, Dutch portrait painter