- Mar 12 Carolus Antonius Fodor [Carel Anton Fodor], Dutch pianist, conductor and prominent composer, born in Venlo, Netherlands (d. 1846)
- Apr 7 Karl Theodor Toeschi, Italian-German composer and violinist, born in Mannheim Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1843)
- Sep 1 Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1826)
- Sep 12 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
- Sep 14 Georg Johann Schinn, German composer, born in Sinzig, Germany (d. 1833)
- Nov 29 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, Flemish violinist, conductor, and compose, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1804)
- Dec 6 Johann Baptist Henneberg, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1822)