- Mar 16 René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
- Apr 8 Cornelis de Heem, Dutch painter, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1695)
- Jul 15 Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
- Aug 19 John Dryden, English poet (1st Poet Laureate 1668-1700), born in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire (d. 1700) [OS=Aug 9]
- Sep 30 William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
- Nov 4 Mary, 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange, born in St James's Palace, London (d. 1660)
- Dec 14 Anne Conway, English philosopher, born in London (d. 1679)
- Dec 28 Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, born in Emden (d. 1708)