Musicians Born in 1739

  • Feb 7 Joseph Pouteau, French composer and organist, born in Chaumes-en-Brie, France (d. 1823)
  • Mar 20 Eligio Celestino, Italian violinist and composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1812)
  • May 12 Johann Baptist Wanhal [Jan Křtitel Vaňhal], Czech organist, cellist, composer, and teacher, born in Nechanice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1813)
  • Jul 6 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, German violinist and composer, born in Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1796)
  • Jul 29 Johannes Ritschel, German composer (Gioas, re di Giuda), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1766)
  • Aug 27 Michel Delalande, French sacred music composer and maître de musique (Cathedral of Chartres, 1761-85), born in La Flèche, France (d. 1812)
  • Sep 7 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres of his generation, born in Monampteuil, France (d. 1793)
  • Sep 13 Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1826)
  • Oct 24 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), born in Wolfenbüttel (d. 1807)
  • Oct 27 Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, born in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1818)
  • Nov 2 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)