- Jan 16 Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter (Wooded Landscape), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1699)
- Jan 25 John van de Cappelle, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1679)
- Feb 5 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
- Mar 12 John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
- Apr 5 Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1679)
- Apr 13 Aert Jansse van Nes, Dutch naval commander, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1693)
- May 12 Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary who explorer the interior of North America, born in Ath, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1705)
- May 27 William II, Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1650)
- Jul 25 Gerard Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1685)
- Aug 1 Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement, born in Ottoman Empire (d. 1676)
- Aug 14 Daniel Elsevier, Dutch book publisher, born in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherland (d. 1680)
Richard Cromwell (1626-1712)
Oct 4 Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1658-59), born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
