- Jan 12 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
- Jan 15 Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Albany, New York (d. 1778)
- Jan 20 Carlos III, King of Spain (1759-88) and King of Naples and Sicily (1734-59), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1788)
- Jan 20 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
- Jan 26 George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (Secretary of State for the Americas during War of Independence), born in London, England (d. 1785)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90