- Feb 8 André Grétry, French opera composer, born in Prince-Bishopric of Liège (d. 1813)
- Feb 9 Henri-Joseph Rigel, German composer, born in Wertheim am Main, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
- Feb 10 Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, baptized in Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
- Mar 28 Johann Andre, German composer, born in Offenbach, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
- Apr 17 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, born in Blasewitz, Dresden, Germany (d. 1801)
- May 10 Johann Michael Schmidt, German composer and theologian, born in Meiningen, Thuringia (d. 1799)
- May 23 Andrea Lucchesi, Italian composer, born in Motta di Livenza, Italy (d. 1801)
- May 29 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, born in Zwickau, Germany (d. 1814)
- Jun 22 Luigi Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer (head of Prince Esterházy's court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 1808)
- Jul 27 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)
- Aug 15 Thomas Norris, English singer and composer, baptized in Mere, Wiltshire (d. 1790)
- Aug 31 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, born in Freystadt, Germany (d. 1816)
- Sep 25 Vaclav Pichl, Czech composer, born in Bechyně, Czech Republic (d. 1805)
- Nov 25 Johann Christian Frischmuth, German composer, born in Schwabhausen, Germany (d. 1790)
- Nov 27 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer and cellist, born in Paris, France (d. 1818)
- Dec 8 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
- Dec 30 Bartolomeo Giacometti, Italian composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (d. 1809)
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