- Jan 17 Gerard van Loon, Dutch numismatist (d. 1758)
- Feb 28 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
- Mar 1 Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife of King George II of Great Britain, born in Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1737)
- Mar 1 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (1697-1706), born at Urgelling Monastery (d. 1706)
- Mar 13 John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British natural philosopher and freemason, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 1744)
- Apr 3 Mark Catesby, English naturalist (Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands) (d. 1749)
- Jun 23 Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
- Jul 3 Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint), born in Upham, Winchester, England (d. 1765)
- Jul 25 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch painter, etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1756)
- Sep 7 Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1754)
- Oct 25 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician, born in London (d. 1757)
George II (1683-1760)
Nov 10 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60), Elector of Hanover, born in Herrenhausen Palace, Germany
