• 24 January –
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician (died 1842) • 21 June –
Joseph Chabran, military officer (died 1843) • 22 June –
Étienne Méhul, composer (died 1817) • 31 December –
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, naval officer (died 1806) ==Deaths==