- Jan 1 Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
- Feb 12 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer and historian, born in Dinan, Brittany, France (d. 1772)
- Feb 24 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, born in Liège (d. 1745)
- Feb 28 Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
- Apr 10 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar, born in Exeter, Devon, England (d. 1766)
- May 7 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), born in Wahrenbrück, Duchy of Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1759)
- Jun 4 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer, born in Lincolnshire, England (d. 1776)
- Jun 11 José António Carlos de Seixas, Portuguese composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1742)
- Jun 22 John Taylor, English classical scholar, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1766)
- Jun 24 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1771)
- Jul 5 Jack Broughton, English bare knuckle boxer (Champion of England 1736-50; published first boxing code), born in Cirencester, England (d. 1789)
- Jul 15 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologist and missionary (organized Moravian Church in North America), born in Klettenberg (d. 1792)
- Jul 16 John Kay, English inventor (developed the flying shuttle), born in Lancashire, England (d. around 1779)
- Jul 31 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1752)
William Allen (1704-1780)
Aug 5 American loyalist, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 13 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1793)
- Oct 2 František Tůma, Czech composer, born in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia (d. 1774)
- Oct 9 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1777)
- Oct 17 William Bentinck, British-born Dutch politician and prominent Orangist (d. 1774)
- Oct 29 John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
- Nov 1 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (editor of Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon), born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1779)
- Nov 10 Carlo Zuccari, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Republic of Venice (d. 1792)
- Nov 28 Jacob Mossel, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1750-61), born in Enkhuizen, Dutch Republic (d. 1761)
- Dec 8 Anton de Haen, Austrian medical expert (Ratio Medendi), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1776)
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