- 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)
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