- Jan 21 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)
- Feb 10 Johann Christoph Kuhnau, German composer, church musician choral director, and teacher, born in Volkstedt, Saxony (d. 1805)
- Feb 25 Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, German composer, born in Grossen Behringen, Thuringia, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1792)
- Mar 9 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, German organist and composer, born in Halberstadt, Germany (d. 1766)
- Apr 2 Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, born in Beierfeld, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1811)
- Apr 2 Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, born in Erfurt, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1814)
- Apr 11 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1818)
- Apr 23 Ildephons Haas, German composer, born in Offenburg, Germany (d. 1791)
- May 13 Horace Coignet, French violinist, singer, and composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1821)
- Jun 6 Anton Schweitzer, German composer, born in Coburg, Germany (d. 1787)
- Jun 25 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, born in Chieri, Turin, Italy (d. 1797)
- Jul 1 James Lyon, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1794)
- Jul 19 Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, Anglo-Irish composer, born in Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland (d. 1781)
- Jul 23 Johannes Herbst, German composer, born in Kempten, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1812)
- Sep 5 Johann Christian Bach (English Bach), German composer, 11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1782)
- Oct 1 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, German composer, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1800)
- Oct 30 Edward Miller, English composer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1807)
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