Jan 22 Pascal Collasse, French Baroque theatre composer, born in Rheims, France (d. 1709)
Feb 23 John Blow, English organist, composer (Venus & Adonis), and Master of the Choristers (St Paul's Cathedral), baptized in Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1708)
Feb 27 Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque organist and composer, baptized in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1725)
Apr 3 Joseph François Salomon, French composer, born in Toulon, France (d. 1732)
Apr 23 Andreas Kneller, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck (d. 1724)
May 3 Johann Valentin Meder, German composer, born in Free Imperial City of Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1719)