Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Jan 27 Austrian musical prodigy and composer (The Marriage of Figaro; Jupiter Symphony), born in Salzburg, Austria
- Jan 28 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, German composer and lawyer, born in Homberg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
- Jan 29 Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry", American Congressman, Governor of Virginia and American General, born on Leesylvania Plantation, Colony of Virginia (d. 1818)
- Jan 30 Josef Preindl, Austrian organist and composer, born in Marbach on the Danube, Lower Austria (d. 1823)
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Feb 6 3rd US Vice President (D-R: 1801-05) who killed Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Feb 9 Karel Blazej Kopriva, Czech organist and composer, born in Cítoliby, Czech Republic (d. 1785)
- Feb 22 Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
- Feb 23 Joannes van der Linden, Dutch lawyer and judge (Ware Pleiter), born in Zuid-Scharwoude, North Holland (d. 1835)
- Mar 3 William Godwin, English philosopher and political writer (Caleb Williams), born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1836)
- Mar 4 Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (portrait painter of George IV), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1823)
- Mar 5 Thomas Linley the younger, English composer and musician "English Mozart", born in Bath, England (d. 1778)
- Mar 18 Johann Christoph Vogel, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1788)
- Apr 7 Charles Felix, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1821-31), born in Turin (d. 1831)
- Apr 8 Joseph Gehot, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1820)
- Apr 13 Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, born in Hôtel de Condé, Paris (d. 1830)
- Apr 17 Dheera Chinnamalai, Indian Polygar (governor) and freedom fighter, born in Melapalayam, Kongu Nadu (now Tamil, India) (d. 1805)
- Apr 23 Alexander Reinagle, English-American composer, born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1809)
- May 13 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and Chopin's first piano teacher, born in Mšeno, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1842)
- May 23 Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
- May 27 Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, born in Schwetzingen, Baden (d. 1825)
- Jun 6 John Trumbull, American painter (Declaration of Independence), born in Lebanon, Connecticut (d. 1843)
- Jun 8 Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1823)
- Jun 17 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public, born in Montpellier, France (d. 1820)
- Jun 20 Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer, known as "the Swedish Mozart", conductor, and pedagogue, born in Miltenberg am Main, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
- Jul 2 Christian Gottfried Körner, German lawyer, born in Leipzig (d. 1831)
- Jul 4 William Rush, American sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1833)
- Jul 14 Thomas Rowlandson, English painter, cartoonist and etcher, born in London, England (d. 1827)
- Aug 19 Anthony van Haersolte, Dutch politician and member of Executing Regime, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1830)
- Aug 20 Bernardo Bittoni, Italian composer, born in Fabriano, Italy (d. 1829)
- Aug 29 Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1845)
- Aug 29 Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer, born in Żnin, Poland (d. 1830)
- Sep 7 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist (Luchtreis; My Relief), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands) (d. 1831)
- Sep 8 Anton Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1822)
- Sep 21 John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder who created macadam road surface (asphalt), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1836)
- Oct 2 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1815)
- Oct 2 Józef Javurek, Polish-Russian composer, born in Benešov, Czech Republic (d. 1840)
- Oct 28 ALF [Gordon Shumway], fictional Melmacian Alien Life Form from the American sitcom "ALF"
- Nov 4 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch merchant and ship owner, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1850)
- Nov 27 Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist and philosopher (Kant) (d. 1825)
- Nov 30 Ernst Chladni, German physicist and musician (Estimating the speed of sound Chladni's law), born in Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1827)
- Dec 21 Thomas Anton Kunz, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1830)
- Dec 30 Paul Wranitzky [Pavel Vranický], Moravian-Austrian composer, born in Neureisch (Nová Říše) in Habsburg Moravia (now Czechia) (d. 1808)
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