- Jan 6 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, Dutch composer, born in Wergea, Netherlands (d. 1781)
- Feb 14 Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (L’École des Mères), born in Paris (d. 1754)
- Feb 25 Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
- Feb 29 John Byrom, English poet and the inventor of shorthand, born in Manchester, England (d. 1763)
- Mar 14 Pieter Musschenbroek, Dutch mathematician and physician (Leyden jar), born in Leiden, Dutch Republic (d. 1761)
- Apr 5 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (Comédie-Française) inspiration for 1849 drama "Adrienne Lecouvreur", born in Damery, Marne (d. 1730)
- Apr 8 Giuseppe Tartini, Venetian Baroque composer and violinist (Trillo del Diavolo), born in Piran, Venice (d. 1770)
- May 1 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), born in this month in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1770)
- May 3 Jan Jacob Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1768)
- May 18 Joseph Butler, English theologian and bishop, born in Wantage, England (d. 1752)
- Aug 3 John Henley, English clergyman, born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England (d. 1759)
- Aug 13 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, German organist and composer, baptized in Kötzting, Electorate of Bavaria (now Bad Kötzting, Germany) (d. 1746)
- Aug 18 Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France, born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1740)
- Oct 8 Antonio Palella, Italian composer and harpsichordist, born in San Giovanni a Teduccio, Naples, Italy (d. 1761)
- Oct 25 Elisabeth Farnese, Princess of Parma and Queen of Spain (1714-24), born in Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1766)
- Oct 31 Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist, born in Paris (d. 1765)
- Nov 2 Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer, born in Delden, Netherlands (d. 1766)
- Nov 6 Louis Racine, French poet (La Religion), born in Paris (d. 1763)
- Nov 7 Johannes Gottfried Schnabel, German author (Insel Felsenburg), born in Sandersdorf, Germany (d. before 1758)
- Nov 15 Eusebius Amort, German Roman Catholic theologian, born in Bibermuehle, Bavaria (d. 1775)
- Nov 21 Carlo Innocenzo Fragoni, Italian poet, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1768)
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