- Jan 14 John Biddle, English nontrinitarian and Unitarian minister, born in Gloucestershire, England (d. 1662)
- Jan 25 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), born in Kleve, Germany (d. 1660)
- Jan 30 Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, born in Varina Farms, Virginia (d. 1675)
- Feb 23 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver and illustrator, born in Antwerp baptized date (d. 1678)
Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680)
Feb 23 French politician and Superintendent of Finances (1653-61) who became fabulously wealthy and later imprisoned for maladministration of state funds, born in Paris
- Mar 6 Jan Zoet, Dutch actor, author, playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), born in Flanders, Belgium (d. 1674)
- Mar 13 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), born in Spinazzola, Italy (d. 1700)
- Mar 28 Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent and diplomat (First Stadtholderless Period of the Dutch Republic), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1678)
- Jun 20 Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician and actor, born in Arenella, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Habsburg (d. 1673)
- Jun 27 Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1674)
- Aug 22 Christopher Gibbons, English composer, born in London (d. 1676)
- Nov 5 Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
- Nov 12 Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
- Nov 16 Guillaume Dumanoir, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1697)
- Nov 24 Philipp Wilhelm, Elector of Palatine (d. 1690)
- Dec 7 Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Swedish architect (Drottningholm Palace), born in Stralsund (d. 1681)