- Jan 1 Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
- Feb 3 Louis Bouteiller, French composer, born in Moncé-en-Belin, France (d. 1725)
- Feb 23 Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
- Apr 4 Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born British sculptor and woodcarver, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1721)
- Apr 7 Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish Baroque painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1696)
- Apr 7 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)
- Apr 9 Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, born in Paris (d. 1720)
- Apr 13 Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, born in Montargis, Orléanais (d. 1717)
- Apr 16 John Luyken, Dutch poet and etcher (Duytse Lyre), born in Amsterdam (d. 1712)
- Apr 26 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706), born in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon (d. 1706)
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Aug 9 German composer (In Dulci Jubilo), born in Arnstadt, Electorate of Saxony
- Sep 6 Johann Schelle, German composer, born in Geising, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roaman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1701)
- Nov 27 Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic apostole vicar (1688-1704), born in Amsterdam (d. 1710)
- Dec 7 Giovanni Maria Capelli, Italian composer, born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1726)
- Dec 15 Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations), born in Lichfield, England (d. 1712)
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