- Jan 24 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German Romantic writer, judge and composer (Undine), born in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1822)
- Feb 18 John Parry [Bardd Alaw], Welsh composer and harpist, born in Denbigh, Wales (d. 1851)
- Feb 21 Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1836)
- Apr 8 Thaddäus Weigl, German-Austrian composer, publisher, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
- May 10 George Thomas Smart, English composer and conductor (Covent Garden), born in London (d. 1867)
- May 13 Charles Ots, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1845)
- May 13 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, Portuguese composer, born in Setúbal, Portugal (d. 1825)
- Jun 1 George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
- Aug 4 Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, born in Jezbořice, Bohemia (d. 1851)
- Aug 15 Ignaz von Seyfried, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1841)
- Aug 16 Philipp Jakob Riotte, German composer, born in St. Wendel, Saarland (d. 1856)
- Dec 6 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, born in Stralsund, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1820)
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