- Jan 19 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, born in Beaune, France (d. 1652)
- Jan 26 Johann Jakob Wolleb, Swiss organist, theologian and composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1667)
- Jun 19 Christiaan de Placker, Flemish poet and composer, born in Poperinge, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1691)
- Jun 22 Lambert Pietkin, Flemish baroque composer, born in Liege (d. 1696)
- Aug 11 Cristoph Kaldenbach, Prussian poet, born in Schwiebus, Prussia (now Ĺwiebodzin, Poland) (d. 1698)
- Nov 6 Luis de Garay, Spanish composer, and chapel master (Cathefral of Granada, 1645-74), born in Beteta, Spain (d. c. 1679)