- Jan 28 Gottfried Vopelius, composer
- Aug 3 August Kuhnel, German composer and musician, born in Delmenhorst, Germany (d. ca 1700)
- Nov 21 Johann Löhner, German composer, born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1705)
- Nov 30 Andreas Werkmeister, German organist and composer, born in Benneckenstein, Germany (d. 1706)