Feb 8 André Grétry, French opera composer, born in Prince-Bishopric of Liège (d. 1813)
Feb 9 Henri-Joseph Rigel, German composer, born in Wertheim am Main, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
Feb 10 Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, baptized in Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
Mar 28 Johann Andre, German composer, born in Offenbach, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799)
Apr 17 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, born in Blasewitz, Dresden, Germany (d. 1801)
May 10 Johann Michael Schmidt, German composer and theologian, born in Meiningen, Thuringia (d. 1799)
May 23 Andrea Lucchesi, Italian composer, born in Motta di Livenza, Italy (d. 1801)
May 29 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, born in Zwickau, GermanyElectorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1814)
Jun 22 Luigi Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer (head of Prince Esterházy's court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Papal States (d. 1808)
Jul 27 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)
Aug 15 Thomas Norris, English singer and composer, baptized in Mere, Wiltshire (d. 1790)
Aug 31 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, born in Freystadt, Germany (d. 1816)
Sep 25 Vaclav Pichl, Czech composer, born in Bechyně, Czech Republic (d. 1805)
Nov 25 Johann Christian Frischmuth, German composer, born in Schwabhausen, Germany (d. 1790)
Nov 27 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer and cellist, born in Paris, France (d. 1818)
Dec 8 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
Dec 30 Bartolomeo Giacometti, Italian composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (d. 1809)