- Feb 24 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, born in Liège (d. 1745)
- May 7 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), born in Wahrenbrück, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1759)
- Jun 11 José António Carlos de Seixas, Portuguese composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1742)