- Mar 18 Gottfried Wegner, German theologian, hymn composer, and court preacher at Konigsberg, born in Oels, Duchy of Oels (now Oleśnica, Poland) (d. 1709)
- May 23 Thomas Eisenhut, German composer, born in Aursburg, Germany (d. 1702)
- Aug 12 Georg Christoph Leuttner, German ecclesiastical composer, born in Tölz, Bavaria (d. undoubtedly)
- Aug 12 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer, baptized in Wartenberg (d. 1704)
- Sep 6 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, Spanish organist and composer, born in Algemesí, Spain (d. 1712)
- Oct 1 Jean Rousseau, French composer and viol player (d. 1699)
- Dec 23 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, Spanish composer, born in Villarrobledo, Spain (d. 1728)