- Feb 18 Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1692)
- Apr 2 Georg Caspar Weckler, German organist and composer, baptized in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1695)
- Jul 6 Albert Schop, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1667)
- Jul 6 Pietro Reggio, Italian composer and musician, born in Genoa (d. 1685)
- Nov 28 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1687)