Jan 13 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1749)
Feb 1 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1768)
Feb 21 Christoph Stoltzenberg, German composer, born in Wertheim am Main, Wertheim County, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1764)
Mar 1 Conrad Beissel, German born American religious leader and composer (founded Ephrata community), born in Eberbach (d. 1768)
Apr 25 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer, born in Passau, Germany (d. 1770)
Jul 7 Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer, born in Heichelheim, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1762)
Aug 9 Lorenzo Zavateri, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1764)
Sep 15 Ignazio Prota, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1748)
Oct 8 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, born in Valls, Spain (d. 1764)
Oct 19 Giuseppe Maria Carretti, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1774)
Nov 11 Gerhard Hoffmann, German composer, born in Rastenberg, Thuringia, (d. 1757)
Nov 22 François Colin de Blamont, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1760)
Nov 24 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)