- Jan 6 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, born in Calatayud, Spain (d. 1768)
- Feb 10 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1774)
- Feb 27 Johann Valentin Gorner, German composer, born in Penig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1762)
- Mar 25 Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Pulsnitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1772)
- Mar 27 Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer, born in Jettingen-Scheppach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1762)
- Jul 6 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, born in Reichenau, Germany (d. 1750)
- Jul 17 Johann Schneider, German composer and pupil of Bach, born in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg (now in Bavaria, Germany) (d. 1788)
- Sep 6 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, German composer, born in Wenigenehrich, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1775)
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