- Mar 30 John Hawkins, English writer (A General History of the Science and Practice of Music; Life of Samuel Johnson), born in London (d. 1789)
- Apr 17 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, born in Wińsko, Poland (d. 1770)
- Sep 3 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
- Oct 26 Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, born in Bilbao, Basque Country (d. 1789)
- Nov 10 Georg Philipp Kress, German violinist and composer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1779)
- Nov 14 Leopold Mozart, German composer and teacher of his son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Augsburg (d. 1787)
- Dec 24 Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, born in Berna bei Seidenberg, Oberlausitz (now Sulików, Poland) (d. 1759)
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