- Jan 28 Johann Balthasar König, German Baroque composer, mainly of hymn music, born in Cannstatt, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1758)
- Feb 27 Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (Gentlemen's Magazine, coined term "magazine"), born in Newton, England (d. 1754)
- Apr 9 Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar, born in Roth, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1761)
- Jun 14 Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer, born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) (d. 1758)
- Jun 17 Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect, born in Piacenza, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1765)
- Aug 25 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1736)
- Aug 28 Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress, born in Braunschweig, Germany (d. 1750)
- Sep 29 Richard Challoner, English leading Catholic bishop (Douay–Rheims bible translation), born in Lewes, England (d. 1781)
- Oct 1 Arthur Onslow, English politician (Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61), born in Kensington, London (d. 1768)
- Oct 28 Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, born in Trondheim, Denmark-Norway (d. 1720)
- Nov 27 Josef Antonín Plánický, Czech composer, born in Manětín, Czech Republic (d. 1732)
- Dec 10 Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter and cartoonist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1759)
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