- Jan 24 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, born in Epfenhausen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
- Feb 4 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (In L'Offrande à la Liberté), born in Nancy, France (d. 1840)
- Feb 7 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), born in Mirotice, Bohemia (d. 1826)
- Feb 12 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, English clergyman and composer (Selection of Sacred Music), born in the Fulneck Moravian Settlement, Yorkshire (d. 1836)
- Aug 25 Franz Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1810)
- Oct 5 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1831)
- Oct 7 Paul Anton Wineberger, German musician and composer, born in Mergentheim (d. 1821)
- Oct 26 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
- Dec 3 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, born in Beroun, Czech Republic (d. 1825)
- Dec 11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1832)
- Dec 20 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Flemish horn player and composer, born in Ypres, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1832)
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