- Jan 6 Francois de Lacroix, French priest, composer, maitre de musique (Paris Sainte-Chapelle, 1726-45), born in Senlis, France (d. 1759)
- Jan 10 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer & violinist, born in Cremona, Italy (d. ~1713)
- Jan 13 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1760)
- Mar 11 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1742)
- Apr 17 Johann David Heinichen, German composer, born in Crössuln, Weissenfels, Germany (d. 1729)
- Aug 24 Meinrad Spiess, German composer, born in Honsolgen (d. 1761)
- Sep 25 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon, France (d. 1764)
- Nov 21 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1743)