- Apr 17 Philip Hayes, English composer, born in Oxford (d. 1797)
- May 4 Josef Kohaut, Czech composer, born in Žatec, Czech Republic (d. 1777)
- May 27 Bonaventura Furlanetto, Italian composer, born in Venice (d. 1817)
- Jun 3 Johann Christoph Oley, German composer, baptized in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt (d. 1789)
- Jun 29 Constantin Reindl, German composer, born in Jettenhofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1799)
- Sep 20 Václav Norbert Brixi, Czech organist, composer and priest (aka s Jeroným), born in Manětín, Bohemia (d. 1803)
- Oct 14 Giovanni Zanotti, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1817)
- Dec 14 Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer, born in Velvary, Czech Republic (d. 1814)
- Dec 28 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, German composer, born in St. Martin im Innkreis, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1767)