- Jan 28 Gregor Werner, Austrian Baroque composer and kapellmeister, born in Ybbs an der Donau, Austria (d. 1766)
- Aug 8 Laurent Belissen, French Baroque composer, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1762)
- Aug 30 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1745)