- Feb 13 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes (Fortune Teller), born in Venice (d. 1754)
- Feb 25 Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)
- Mar 7 Johan Willem, Duke of Ripperda, Dutch political adventurer, born in Oldehove, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1737)
- Apr 15 John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
- Apr 16 John Hadley, English mathematician and inventor (octant), born in Bloomsbury, London (d. 1744)
- Apr 22 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor and painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1745)
- May 17 Black Bart [Bartholomew Roberts], Welsh pirate (raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-1722), born in Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales (d. 1722)
Charles XII (1682-1718)
Jun 17 King of Sweden (1697-1718), born in Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 10 Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, born in Pulsnitz, Saxony (d. 1719)
- Jul 10 Roger Cotes, English mathematician (Newton–Cotes formulas), born in Burbage, Leicestershire, England (d. 1716)
- Aug 16 Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir-apparent to the French throne, born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1712)
- Oct 29 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French Jesuit priest and historian, born in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France (d. 1761) [some sources cite birth as Oct 24]
Calico Jack (1682-1720)
Dec 26 English pirate captain who operated in the Bahamas and Cuba, born in England
