- 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)