- Jan 14 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, German organist & composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1806)
- Jan 28 Johann Ernst Bach, German kapellmeister and composer, born in Eisenach (d. 1777)
- Apr 12 Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, born in Livorno (d. 1793)
- May 21 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, German composer and violinist, born in Bayreuth (d. 1790)
- May 22 Johannes Schmidlin, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1772)
- Jun 8 Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer, born in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1794)
- Jun 30 Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, born in Benátky nad Jizerou, Bohemia (d. 1795)
- Sep 14 Joseph Paul Ziegler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1767)
- Oct 5 Gregorio Sciroli, Italian composer, born in Naples (d. 1781)
- Nov 11 Johann Philipp Sack, German composer, born in Harzgerode, Germany (d. 1763)