- Jan 11 François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
- Jan 15 Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian, born in Hatfield (d. 1704)
- Feb 19 Charles-Hubert Gervais, French baroque composer, born at the Palais Royal in Paris, France (d. 1744)
- Feb 26 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
Rob Roy (1671-1734)
Mar 7 Scottish folk hero and outlaw, baptized in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Mar 26 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States (d. 1753)
- Apr 6 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet (Sacred Odes & Songs), born in Paris, France (d. 1741)
- Apr 21 John Law, Scottish economist and author (Money and Trade Considered), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1729)
- May 21 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, Italian organist and composer, born in Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1755)
- May 22 Abraham Patras, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1735-37), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1737)
- May 24 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born in Pitti Palace, Florence, Tuscany (d. 1737)
- Jun 8 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor), born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1751)
- Jun 30 Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), born in Fermo, Marche, Papal States (d. 1746)
- Jul 14 Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
- Oct 1 Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician and monk, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1742)
- Oct 11 Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1730)
Colley Cibber (1671-1757)
Nov 6 English actor, dramatist and Poet Laureate (1730-57), born in London
- Dec 1 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker and son of Antonius, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1743)
- Dec 1 John Keill, Scottish mathematician, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, (d. 1721)