- Apr 24 Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1784)
- Sep 20 František Václav Habermann, Czech composer, born in Lázně Kynžvart, Czech Republic (d. 1783)
- Sep 21 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1796)