- Feb 10 Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1765)
- Feb 17 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German lutenist and composer, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1760)
- Feb 29 Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, born in Pernes (d. 1770)
- May 23 Johann Caspar Vogler, German composer and organist, born in Hausen, Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1763)
- Aug 12 Maurice Greene, English composer, born in London (d. 1755)
- Aug 31 Johann Paul Kunzen, German organist and composer, born in Leisnig, Saxony (d. 1757)
- Sep 27 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, born in Marianella, Campania, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1787)
- Nov 11 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona Province (d. 1757)
- Nov 15 Gerhardus Havingha, Dutch organist and composer, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1753)
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