- Jan 4 Maria Rosa Coccia, Italian composer from the age of 13 and harpsichordist, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1833)
- Jan 5 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist & army leader, born in Le Pin-en-Mauges, France (d. 1793)
- Jan 17 Paul Cuffe, African American civil rights activist, merchant and shipbuilder (helped settle Sierra Leone), born on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts (d. 1817)
- Jan 21 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician and law professor, born in Franeker, Netherlands (d. 1821)
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Jan 25 Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, born in Alloway, Scotland
- Jan 31 François Devienne, French composer, born in Joinville, France (d. 1803)
- Feb 15 Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), born in Hainrode (d. 1824)
- Feb 27 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, German composer, critic, and music publisher, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1813)
- Mar 2 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, German-Swedish organist, composer, conductor, choirmaster, and educator (Studentsång), born in Oberschönau, Saxony (d. 1833)
- Mar 22 Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
- Apr 18 Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Apr 27 English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London
- May 1 Jacob Albright, German-American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People (Evangelical Association), born in Fox Mountain, Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- May 6 François Andrieux, French playwright, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1833)
- May 15 Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian blind pianist, singer, organist, and composer, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1824)
- May 18 Charles Duquesnoy, South Netherlands composer and singer, born in Beuzet (d. 1822)
- May 20 William Thornton, British-American architect (Capitol Building in Washington, D.C), born in Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands (d. 1828)
- May 22 Gervais-François Couperin, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1826)
- May 23 António da Silva Leite, Portuguese composer, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1833)
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)
May 28 British Prime Minister (Tory: 1783-1801, 1804-06), born in Hayes, Kent, England
- Jun 2 Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1793)
- Jun 5 Theodor Zwetler, Austrian composer, born in Weitra, Austria (d. 1826)
- Jun 8 Thomas Dunham Whitaker, British topographer, born in Rainham, Norfolk (d. 1821)
- Jun 21 Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1817)
- Jul 10 Sophia Maria Westenholz (née Fritscher), German singer, composer, and educator, born in Neubrandenburg, Swedish Pomerania (now Germany) (d. 1838)
- Jul 19 Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint, born in Kursk, Russian Empire (d. 1833) [OS]
- Jul 24 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Italy (d. 1824)
William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
Aug 24 British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
- Sep 19 William Kirby, English entomologist and original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England (d. 1850)
- Sep 26 Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1830)
- Oct 4 Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (Du calcul des derivations), born in Mutzig, France (d. 1803)
- Oct 13 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian), born in Wirdum, Netherlands (d. 1832)
- Oct 20 Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
- Oct 25 Maria Feodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1828)
William Grenville (1759-1834)
Oct 25 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1806-07), born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England
Georges Danton (1759-1794)
Oct 26 French politician and revolutionary (1st president of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution), born in Arcis-sur-Aube, France
- Nov 10 Frederich von Schiller, German poet and lyricist (Ode to Joy), born in Marbach am Neckar, Germany (d. 1805)
- Nov 13 Timothy Olmstead, American fifer and composer, born in East Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British America (d. 1848)
- Nov 20 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, Hungarian cellist and composer, baptized in Leštiny (d. 1833)
- Nov 27 Franz Krommer, Czech composer, born in Kamenice u Jihlavy, Czech Republic (d. 1831)
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