- Jan 1 Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
- Jan 14 Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1745)
- Jan 14 Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician & astronomer, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1742)
- Feb 21 Justus van Effen, Dutch writer (founded Holland Spectator), born in Utrecht (d. 1735)
- Feb 22 William Pulteney, English politician (1st Earl of Bath, shortest-ever British Prime Minister for 2 days in 1746 disputed), born in London, England (d. 1684)
- Feb 24 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
- Mar 19 Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
- Apr 15 Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), born in Višķi, Daugavpils Municipality (d. 1727)
- Oct 10 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French Rococo painter (fêtes galantes), born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1721)
- Oct 26 Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal, born in Löwitz, Pomerania (d. 1757)
- Dec 3 Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg, founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature, born in Bergen, Denmark-Norway (d. 1754)
- Dec 22 Johann J Dillenius [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum), born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1747)