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===January–March===
* [[January 12]] – [[François Duquesnoy]], Flemish Baroque sculptor in Rome (d. [[1643]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]], German Duke (d. [[1639]])
* [[January 31]] – [[John Francis Regis]], French Jesuit priest (d. [[1640]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Vincent Voiture]], French poet (d. [[1648]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Do1YAAAAYAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Grolier Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7172-0131-0|page=215}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] – [[Jean-Charles de la Faille]], Belgian mathematician (d. [[1652]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Ercole Gennari]], Italian drawer and painter (d. [[1658]])
* [[March 18]] – [[Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière]], French nobleman, founder of Montreal and an order of nursing Sisters (d. [[1659]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Juan Alonso y Ocón]], Spanish Catholic prelate, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (d. [[1656]])
* [[March 27]] – [[William Hyde (Douai)|William Hyde]], President of English College, Douai (d. [[1651]])