Feb 24 Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, born in Liège (d. 1745)
May 7 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), born in Wahrenbrück, Duchy of Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1759)
Jun 11 José António Carlos de Seixas, Portuguese composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1742)
Aug 13 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1793)
Oct 2 František Tůma, Czech composer, born in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia (d. 1774)
Nov 10 Carlo Zuccari, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Republic of Venice (d. 1792)