- Jan 22 Joseph Riepel, Austrian-born German composer, born in Rainbach im Mühlkreis, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1782)
- Feb 16 Charles Avison, English composer, baptized in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1770)
- Mar 1 Josef Antonin Gurecky, Czech composer, born in Přerov (d. 1769)
- Jun 25 Francesco Araja, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1770)
- Oct 25 Georg Gebel, German musician and composer, born in Brzeg, Silesia (d. 1753) [1]
- Nov 19 Pierre Leclair, French composer and violinist, born in Lyon, France (d. 1784)
- Nov 22 František Benda, Bohemian violinist and composer, born in Staré Benátky, Bohemia (d. 1786)
- Dec 1 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian composer, singer and conductor, born in Holleschau, Moravia (d. 1789) [probable place of birth]
- Dec 23 Jean-Noël Hamal, Walloon composer, and music director (Saint-Lambert Cathedral), born in Liège, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1778)
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