Mar 30 John Hawkins, English writer (A General History of the Science and Practice of Music; Life of Samuel Johnson), born in London (d. 1789)
Apr 17 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, born in Wińsko, Poland (d. 1770)
Sep 3 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
Oct 26 Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, born in Bilbao, Basque Country (d. 1789)
Nov 10 Georg Philipp Kress, German violinist and composer, born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1779)
Nov 14 Leopold Mozart, German composer and teacher of his son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Augsburg (d. 1787)
Dec 24 Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, born in Berna bei Seidenberg, Oberlausitz (now Sulików, Poland) (d. 1759)