Jan 15 Joseph Lederer, German composer, born in Swabia, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1796)
Jan 17 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire< England (d. 1795)
Mar 5 Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomasselli], Italian dancer, ballet master (Royal Danish Ballet, 1775-1816), and choreographer (Amors og Balletmesterens Luner (The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master)), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1816)
Apr 2 Giacomo Tritto, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1824)
Apr 15 Johann Heinrich Zang, German composer, cantor, and organist (A student of J.S. Bach), born in Zella St Blasii, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (d. 1811)
Aug 24 David Traugott Nicolai, German composer, born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1799)
Sep 22 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt (d. 1760)
Oct 3 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1795)
Oct 28 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, born in Wimpfen, Germany (d. 1803)