- Feb 12 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, born in Brussels (d. 1819)
- May 12 Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violonist and composer, born in Fontanetto Po, Savoia, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1824)
- Jun 8 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, born in Muret, Haute-Garonne, France (d. 1809)
- Aug 22 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, Dutch-German composer, born in Bad Salzungen, Germany (d. 1826)
- Sep 11 Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, born in Gotha, Germany (d. 1813)
- Sep 29 Johann Gottfried Schicht, German composer, born in Reichenau, Saxony (d. 1823)
- Oct 14 Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1827)
- Nov 3 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, German composer, born in Prieschka, Meissen (d. 1805)
- Nov 6 Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Paris, France (d. 1823)
- Nov 19 Stanislas Champein, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1830)
- Nov 25 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, Prussian composer, born in Mühltroff (d. 1817)
- Nov 30 Johann Baptist Schenk, Austrian composer, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1836)
- Dec 28 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Swedish (d. 1800)