Births
- April 7 - Gregório de Mattos, poet (died 1696)
- November 1 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, poet and critic (died 1711)
- date unknown
- Joseph Glanvill, philosopher (died 1680)
- Jean de Montigny, poet and philosopher (died 1671)
- probable - Thomas Traherne, poet and religious writer (died 1674)
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