- Mar 9 Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), born in Moscow (d. 1676)
- Mar 19 Alexis of Russia [Alexei Mikhailovich], Romanov noble (Tsar of All Russia, 1645-76), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1676) [9 Mar OS]
- Apr 7 John Joseph of Austria, Spanish general and illegitimate son pf Philip IV of Spain (Regent of Spain 1677-79, Governor of South Netherlands), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1679)
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)
Apr 14 Dutch mathematician, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) and scientist (dynamics), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Apr 23 Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1692)
- May 8 Niels Juel, Danish-Norwegian admiral, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1697)
- Aug 17 John III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), victor over the Turks in 1683, born in Olesko, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1696)
- Sep 9 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch naval officer and son of Maarten Tromp, born in Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1691)
- Sep 21 Philip Howard, English Roman Catholic cardinal, born in London (d. 1694)
- Nov 1 St. Oliver Plunkett, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and last Catholic martyr to die in England, born in Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (d. 1681)
- Dec 20 Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch Golden Age painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1684)
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