Jan 24 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, born in Epfenhausen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
Feb 4 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (In L'Offrande à la Liberté), born in Nancy, France (d. 1840)
Feb 7 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), born in Mirotice, Bohemia (d. 1826)
Feb 12 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, English clergyman and composer (Selection of Sacred Music), born in the Fulneck Moravian Settlement, Yorkshire (d. 1836)
Aug 25 Franz Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1810)
Oct 5 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1831)
Oct 7 Paul Anton Wineberger, German musician and composer, born in Mergentheim (d. 1821)
Oct 26 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
Dec 3 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, born in Beroun, Czech Republic (d. 1825)
Dec 11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1832)
Dec 20 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Flemish horn player and composer, born in Ypres, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1832)