- Jan 5 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, German composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1700)
- Jun 6 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, and Maestro di Cappella (San Petronio, 1696-1756), born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1756)
- Sep 2 Georg Böhm, German organist and composer, born in Hohenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Güstrow (now Germany) (d. 1733)