- Jan 1 Johann Pfeiffer, German violinist, composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth), born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1761)
- Jan 30 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, born in Oberscheden, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1773)
- Feb 17 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1753)
- Apr 8 Pierre Prowo, German composer, born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1757)
- Apr 16 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, born in Penig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1778)
- May 10 Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (the elder), French violinist and Baroque composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1764)
- Jun 11 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist, composer and theorist, born in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1780)
- Jul 10 François Hanot, French composer and violinist, born in Dunkirk, France (d. 1770)
- Nov 9 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1760)
- Dec 5 Carlo Arrigoni, Italian composer and musician, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1744)
- Dec 5 Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer and organist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1771)
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