Editing 1626 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé]], French founder of the Trappist Order (d. [[1700]])
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Johann Philipp of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], German nobleman (d. [[1669]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Edward Evelyn (politician)|Edward Evelyn]], British politician (d. [[1692]])
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné]], French aristocrat and writer (d. [[1696]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Chevalier | first = Tracy | title = Encyclopedia of the essay | publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers | location = London Chicago | year = 1997 | isbn = 9781884964305 | page=764}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Fabian von Fersen]], Swedish soldier and statesman (d. [[1677]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Francesco Redi]], Italian physician (d. [[1697]])
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[John Hele (died 1661)|John Hele]], English politician (d. [[1661]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Lorentz Mortensen Angell]], Norwegian merchant and landowner (d. [[1697]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Cornelis Van Caukercken]], Flemish engraver, printseller (d. [[1680]])
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[John Aubrey]], English antiquary and writer (d. [[1697]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Britton|title=A Memoir of John Aubrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YDsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|date=28 August 2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-07344-8|pages=24}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Van Steenwyk]], American politician (d. [[1684]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur]], Spanish Catholic saint, missionary to Guatemala (d. [[1667]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Atto Melani]], Italian opera singer (d. [[1714]])