- Jan 12 Gaetano Latilla, Italian opera composer, born in Bari (d. 1788)
- Jan 29 Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1788)
- Feb 5 Joseph Umstatt, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1762)
- Mar 1 Peregrinus Pogl, German composer, born in Sandau (d. 1788)
- Jul 18 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, Flemish carillonneur and composer, born in Soignies, Belgium (d. 1765)
- Sep 11 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), baptized in London, England (d. 1779)
- Sep 17 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1783)
- Dec 25 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, French composer and violinist, born in Narbonne, France (d. 1772)