- Jan 13 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1749)
- Feb 1 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1768)
- Feb 21 Christoph Stoltzenberg, German composer, born in Wertheim am Main, Wertheim County, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1764)
- Mar 1 Conrad Beissel, German born American religious leader and composer (founded Ephrata community), born in Eberbach (d. 1768)
- Apr 25 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer, born in Passau, Germany (d. 1770)
- Jul 7 Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer, born in Heichelheim, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (now Germany) (d. 1762)
- Aug 9 Lorenzo Zavateri, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1764)
- Sep 15 Ignazio Prota, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1748)
- Oct 8 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, born in Valls, Spain (d. 1764)
- Oct 19 Giuseppe Maria Carretti, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1774)
- Nov 11 Gerhard Hoffmann, German composer, born in Rastenberg, Thuringia, (d. 1757)
- Nov 22 François Colin de Blamont, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1760)
- Nov 24 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)
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