Feb 10 Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1765)
Feb 17 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German lutenist and composer, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1760)
Feb 29 Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, born in Pernes (d. 1770)
May 23 Johann Caspar Vogler, German composer and organist, born in Hausen, Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1763)
Aug 12 Maurice Greene, English composer, born in London (d. 1755)
Aug 31 Johann Paul Kunzen, German organist and composer, born in Leisnig, Saxony (d. 1757)
Sep 27 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, born in Marianella, Campania, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1787)
Nov 11 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona Province (d. 1757)
Nov 15 Gerhardus Havingha, Dutch organist and composer, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1753)