Births
- October 18 - Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist (died 1654)
- November 22 - John Wallis, English mathematician who made important contributions to the development of algebra and analytical geometry (died 1703)
- November 23 (bapt.) - John Kersey, English mathematician (died 1677)
- Kamalakara, Indian astronomer and mathematician (died 1700)
- approx. date - John French, English physician and chemist (died 1657)
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