Births
- January 1 - Katharine Philips, poet, "Orinda" (died 1664)
- March 6 - René Le Bossu, critic (died 1680)
- August 9 - John Dryden, poet and dramatist (died 1700)
- date unknown
- Richard Cumberland, philosopher (died 1718)
- John Phillips, satirist and nephew of John Milton (died 1706)
- Michael Wigglesworth, poet (died 1705)
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