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== Births ==

===January–March===
* [[January 22]] – [[Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre]], English baron (d. [[1638]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Juraj V Zrinski]], Ban of Croatia (d. [[1626]])
* [[February 12]]
** [[Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg]], third son of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar (d. [[1625]])
** [[Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677)|Thomas Whitmore]], English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons (d. [[1677]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Pope Alexander VII]] (d. [[1667]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Kühner|title=Encyclopedia of the Papacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRdKAAAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Philosophical Library|isbn=978-0-8022-0900-9|page=193|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] – [[John Mennes]], English Royal Navy admiral (d. [[1671]])
* [[March 3]] – [[Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera]], Viceroy of Sicily and Viceroy of Naples (d. [[1647]])
* [[March 13]] – [[John Berchmans]], Belgian Jesuit scholastic and saint (d. [[1621]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Anthony van Dyck]], [[Flanders|Flemish]] painter (d. [[1641]])<ref>{{cite web |url=
https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/25230 |title=Anthony van Dyck |website=Netherlands Institute of Art |access-date=2021-03-20}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – [[Thomas Selle]], German baroque composer (d. [[1663]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Witte de With]], famous Dutch naval officer of the 17th century (d. [[1658]])

===April–June===
[[File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Oliver Cromwell]]]]
* [[April 9]] – [[Sir Thomas Mauleverer, 1st Baronet]] (d. [[1655]])
* [[April 17]] – [[Patrick Fleming (Franciscan)|Patrick Fleming]], Irish Franciscan friar and scholar (murdered) (d. [[1631]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Oliver Cromwell]], Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. [[1658]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Martyn Bennett|title=Oliver Cromwell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDLhX37hwM4C&pg=PA3|date=21 August 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-36495-4|pages=3–}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[Nicolaes Olycan]], Dutch businessman (d. [[1639]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Samuel Bochart]], French Protestant biblical scholar (d. [[1667]])
* [[June 1]] – [[Elizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn]], Duchess ''suo jure'' of Cieszyn (d. [[1653]])
* [[June 6]] – [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter (d. [[1660]])
* [[June 24]] – [[Konoe Nobuhiro]], Japanese court noble (d. [[1649]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ponsonby-Fane |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ |title=The Imperial House of Japan |date=1959 |pages=113 |oclc=194887}}</ref>

===July–September===
* [[July 23]] – [[Stephanius]], Danish historian (d. [[1650]])
* [[July 27]] – [[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]] (1640–1644) (d. [[1644]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg]] (1630–1656) (d. [[1656]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Johannes Buxtorf II]], Swiss theologian (d. [[1664]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Méric Casaubon]], English classicist (d. [[1671]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona]], Spanish noble (d. [[1653]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Agatha Marie of Hanau]], German noblewoman (d. [[1636]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Jacob Westerbaen]], Dutch poet (d. [[1670]])
* [[September 20]] – [[Christian the Younger|Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel]], German Protestant military leader (d. [[1626]])
* [[September 24]] – [[Adam Olearius]], German scholar (d. [[1671]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Francesco Borromini]], Swiss sculptor and architect (d. [[1667]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset]] (d. [[1674]])

===October–December===
* [[October 10]]
** [[Samuel Clarke (minister)|Samuel Clarke]], English writer and priest (d. [[1683]])
** [[Étienne Moulinié]], French Baroque composer (d. [[1676]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Abraham de Fabert]], Marshal of France (d. [[1662]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Cornelis de Graeff]], Dutch mayor (d. [[1664]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)|Marie of the Incarnation]], French foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (d. [[1672]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles]], English statesman and writer (d. [[1680]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Carlo Emanuele Madruzzo]], Italian prince-bishop (d. [[1658]])
* [[November 11]]
** [[Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg]], German princess and queen consort of Sweden (d. [[1655]])
** [[Ottavio Piccolomini]], Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. [[1656]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Otto Christoph von Sparr]], German general (d. [[1668]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Werner Rolfinck]], German physician, chemist, botanist and philosopher (d. [[1673]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Peter Heylin]], English ecclesiastic and author of many polemical works (d. [[1662]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Andrea Sacchi]], Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism (d. [[1661]])
* [[December 2]]
** [[Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin]], Scottish nobleman (d. [[1663]])
** [[Alexander Daniell]], sole proprietor of the Manor of Alverton, Cornwall (d. [[1668]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Pieter Codde]], Dutch painter (d. [[1678]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge]], English politician (d. [[1668]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Jacques Vallée, Sieur Des Barreaux]], French poet (d. [[1673]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Niels Trolle]], Governor General of Norway (d. [[1667]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Gabriel Bucelin]], German historian (d. [[1681]])

===Date unknown===
* [[John Alden (Pilgrim)|John Alden]], English settler of Plymouth Colony (d. [[1687]])
* [[Stefan Czarniecki]], Polish military commander (d. [[1665]])
* [[Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle]], English courtier (d. [[1660]])
* [[Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby]] defender of Latham House (d. [[1664]])
* [[Jirgalang]], Qing Dynasty prince (d. [[1655]])