Jan 6 François de Lacroix, French priest, composer, maitre de musique (Paris Sainte-Chapelle, 1726-45), born in Senlis, France (d. 1759)
Jan 10 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire (d. ~1713)
Jan 13 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1760)
Mar 11 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1742)
Apr 17 Johann David Heinichen, German Baroque composer and music theorist, born in Krössuln, Electorate of Saxony (now Teuchern, Germany) (d. 1729)
Aug 24 Meinrad Spiess, German composer, born in Honsolgen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1761)
Sep 25 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon, France (d. 1764)
Nov 21 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire (now in Thuringia, Germany) (d. 1743)