- Mar 19 Johan IV, King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (d. 1656)
- Jun 28 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, born in Lobenstein, Principality of Reuss in Thuringia (now Bad Lobenstein, Germany) (d. 1651)
- Nov 15 Davis Mell, British violinist, composer, and clockmaker, born in Wilton, England (d. 1662)
- Dec 7 Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, born in Altdorf, Weingarten, Württemberg (d. 1672)
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