Casimir Pulaski
Mar 6 Casimir Pulaski, Polish Military Leader (called the father of American cavalry), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1779)

Casimir Pulaski
Leopold II
May 5 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765-90) and Holy Roman Emperor (1790-92), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1792)

Leopold II
- Jun 24 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, born in Röttingen, Württemberg (d. 1824)
- Jun 26 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, born in Velvary, Czech Republic (d. 1818)
- Jul 6 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, born in Grattersdorf, Bavaria (d. 1823)
- Jul 6 John Paul Jones, U.S. first well-known naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight"), born in Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (d. 1792)
- Jul 30 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1832)
- Aug 13 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, born in Brussels (d. 1830)
- Sep 14 José Joaquim dos Santos, Portuguese organist and composer, born in Obidos, Portugal (d. 1801)
- Oct 8 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (d. 1819)
- Oct 8 Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician, born in Colmar, France (d. 1807)
- Oct 11 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
- Nov 24 Felice Alessandri, composer