- Jan 12 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, German bassoonist and composer, born in Barum, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1793)
- Jan 15 John Malchair, German-English artist, violinist and composer, baptized in the Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- Feb 23 Christian Giuseppe Lidarti, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. after 1793)
- Apr 25 Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, born in Lanciano, Italy (d. 1818)
- May 29 William Jackson [Jackson of Exeter], English composer and organist, born in Exeter, England (d. 1803)
- Jun 7 Georg von Pasterwiz, Austrian composer, born in Passau, Germany (d. 1803)
- Jun 14 Antonio Sacchini, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1786)
- Jun 20 Nonnosus Madlseder, German composer and Benedictine monk, born in Merano, County of Tyrol, Austria (now Italy) (d. 1797)
- Oct 14 Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1812)
- Oct 17 Ernestus Weinrauch, German composer (Cain and Abel), organist, and Benedictine priest, born in Donauwörth, Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1793)
- Dec 14 Capel Bond, English composer, born in Gloucester (d. 1790)
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