- Jan 15 Joseph Lederer, German composer, born in Swabia, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1796)
- Jan 17 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire< England (d. 1795)
- Mar 5 Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomasselli], Italian dancer, ballet master (Royal Danish Ballet, 1775-1816), and choreographer (Amors og Balletmesterens Luner (The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master)), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1816)
- Apr 2 Giacomo Tritto, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1824)
- Apr 15 Johann Heinrich Zang, German composer, cantor, and organist (A student of J.S. Bach), born in Zella St Blasii, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (d. 1811)
- Aug 24 David Traugott Nicolai, German composer, born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1799)
- Sep 22 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt (d. 1760)
- Oct 3 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1795)
- Oct 28 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, born in Wimpfen, Germany (d. 1803)
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