- Mar 7 Jean-Louis Laruette, French musician and composer of comic opera, born in Paris, France (d. 1792)
- Apr 4 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, born in Sant Mateu, Spain (d. 1793)
- May 11 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer and violinist, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1772)
- May 26 Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, born in Pisa, The Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1788)
- Aug 4 Giuseppe Colla, Italian composer, born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1806)
- Sep 7 Damasus Brosmann, Moravian composer, born in Fulnek, Czech Republic (d. 1798)
- Sep 7 Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, born in Holles Street, St Marylebone, Middlesex (d. 1765)
- Nov 1 Theodore-Jean Tarade, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1788)
- Nov 11 Carl Joseph Toeschi, German composer, born in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1788)
- Nov 27 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1798)
- Dec 8 František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, born in Chotěborky, Jaroměř, Czech Republic (d. 1799)
- Dec 28 Christian Cannabich, German violinist, composer and royal chaplain master, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1798)
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