- Feb 3 Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
- Feb 4 Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer, born in Thal, Electrorate of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1731)
- Feb 18 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (proper motion. satellites of Saturn), born in Paris (d. 1756)
- Feb 26 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, born in Taranto (d. 1745)
- Apr 25 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly), born in Lyon, France (d. 1746)
- May 24 Alexandre de Villeneuve, French composer, born in Hyères, France (d. 1756)
- Jun 18 Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1726)
- Aug 9 Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1747)
- Aug 27 Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal, born in Ödenburg, Austria (d. 1748)
- Sep 17 Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist and inventor (first person to measure blood pressure), born in Bekesbourne, Kent, England (d. 1761)
- Sep 27 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian composer, born in Pisa, Italy (d. 1754)
- Oct 20 Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
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