- Jan 1 Johann Pfeiffer, German violinist, composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth), born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1761)
- Jan 16 Richard Savage, English poet and playwright (d. 1743) date not proven
- Jan 30 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, born in Oberscheden, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1773)
- Feb 17 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1753)
- Feb 24 Bernard Siegfried Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon and anatomist (1st to link vascular system with the fetus), born in Frankfurt (d. 1770)
- Mar 9 Friederike C. Neuber, German actress and author (Allerkostbarste Schatz), born in Reichenbach im Vogtland (d. 1760)
- Mar 30 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, born in Antwerp (d. 1742)
- Apr 1 Abbé Prévost, French author and novelist (Manon Lescaut), born in Hesdin, Artois, France (d. 1763)
- Apr 8 Pierre Prowo, German composer, born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1757)
- Apr 16 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, born in Penig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1778)
- Apr 23 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British Royal Navy officer, born in Staffordshire, England (d. 1762)
- May 10 Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (the elder), French violinist and Baroque composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1764)
- Jun 4 Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1776)
- Jun 11 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist, composer and theorist, born in Vercelli, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1780)
- Jul 10 François Hanot, French composer and violinist, born in Dunkirk, France (d. 1770)
- Jul 11 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer, born in Paris (d. 1782)
- Aug 6 Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-45), Prince-Elector of Bavaria (1726-45), born in Brussels (d. 1745)
- Sep 6 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent, banker and merchant, born in Amsterdam (d. 1757)
- Oct 18 Giovanni Canaletto, Italian painter (Regatta on the Grand Canal) and printmaker, born in Venice (d. 1768)
- Nov 9 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1760)
- Nov 10 William Hogarth, English satiric painter and engraver (Rake's Progress), born in London (d. 1764)
- Nov 25 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist and poet (wrote in blood), born in Moers, Germany (d. 1769)
- Dec 5 Carlo Arrigoni, Italian composer and musician, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1744)
- Dec 5 Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer and organist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1771)
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30-39
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50-59
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