- Jan 3 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn (d. 1758)
- Feb 14 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, born in Penshurst Place, Kent (d. 1737)
- Feb 25 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist, composer, and patron (Gluck), born in Neustadt an der Waldnab, Bacaria (now Germany) (d. 1734)
- Apr 9 Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author, born in Tours, France (d. 1754)
- May 5 Giuseppe Porsile, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1750)
- May 21 Frederich Karl Erbach, German composer, born in Odenwald (d. 1731)
- Jun 22 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
- Sep 22 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
- Oct 19 John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740)
- Oct 21 Francisco José Coutinho, Portuguese composer (d. 1724)
- Nov 18 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1730)