- Jan 23 Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1832)
- Jan 30 Joseph Matthias Kracher, Austrian composer, born in Mattighofen, Austria (d. 1835)
- Feb 12 Josef Reicha, Czech cellist and composer, born in Chudenice (d. 1795)
- Feb 20 Charles Broche, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1803)
- Mar 19 José Maurício, Portuguese organist, and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1815)
- Mar 22 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1802)
- Mar 29 Edward Jones, Welsh harpist and composer, born in Llandderfel, Wales (d. 1824)
- Apr 4 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (Andromeda), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1837)
- Apr 5 Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1831)
- Apr 6 Johann Friedrich Kranz, German composer, born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1810)
- May 2 Ludwig August Lebrun, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1790)
- May 3 Braz Francisco de Lima, Portuguese composer, organist, mestre de capela, and pedagogue, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1813)
- Jun 16 Meingosus Gaelle, German theologian and church composer, born in Buch (d. 1816)
- Sep 8 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1813)
- Sep 9 Johann Friedrich Christmann, German composer, born in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1817)
- Sep 18 Johann Anton Sulzer, Swiss writer and composer, born in Rheinfelden, Aargau, Switzerland (d. 1828)
- Sep 30 Justin Heinrich Knecht, German composer, born in Biberach an der Riss (d. 1817)
- Oct 22 Ambrogio Minoja, Italian classical composer, born in Ospedaletto Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy (d. 1825)
- Nov 25 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1814)
- Dec 3 Georg Friederich Fuchs, German composer, born in Mainz, Landgraviate of Hesse (now Germany) (d. 1821)
- Dec 27 Johann Mederitsch, Austrian composer, baptized in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1835)
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