- Jan 5 Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism, founder and General of Khalsa Army, social reformist and poet, born in Patna Sahib (d. 1708)
- Feb 9 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)
- Feb 15 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (anatomy of the ear), born in Imola (d. 1723)
Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732)
May 14 Duke of Savoy (1675-1730) and King of Sardinia (1720-30), born in the Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy
- Jun 9 Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, French baron, military officer and writer (wrote of his travels in North America), born in La Hontan, France (d. 1710-15) [1]
- Jul 10 John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian, born in Königsberg (d. 1711)
- Aug 6 Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Peter II from 1687-99), born in Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf (d. 1699)
- Aug 13 William Wotton, English theologian and scholar, born in Wrentham, Suffolk (d. 1727)
- Aug 16 Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, monarch of Nassau-Dietz, born in Kleve, Lower Rhine (d. 1726)
- Aug 20 Alphonse d'Ève, Flemish Baroque composer, born in Brussels (d. 1727)
- Aug 27 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1696)
- Sep 5 Gottfried Arnold, German theologist, historian and songwriter, born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany (d. 1714)
- Sep 15 Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle, repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II, born in Celle, Germany (d. 1726)
- Sep 16 Antoine Parent, French mathematician, born in Paris (d. 1716)
- Nov 1 James Sherard, English amateur composer, born in Bushby, Leicestershire, England (d. 1738)
- Nov 5 Attilio Ariosti, Italian baroque composer (Court of Kingdom of Prussia, 1697-1703), viola d'amore player, and harpsichordist, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1729)
- Dec 5 Francesco Scarlatti, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Sicily (d. ~1741)