- Jan 14 François Joseph Dizi, Belgian composer, born in Namur, Belgium (d. 1840)
- Jan 28 Giovanni Battista Velluti, Italian castrato singer 'the last great castrato', born in Pausula, Papal States (d. 1861)
- Feb 9 Walenty Karol Kratzer, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1855)
- Mar 10 Juan José Landaeta, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela, (d. 1814)
- May 10 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislavia, Slovakia) (d. 1853)
- May 22 Jan Emmanuel Doležálek, Bohemian organist and composer, born in Chotěboř, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy (d. 1858)
- May 28 Franz Joseph Fröhlich, German composer, born in Würzburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1862)
- Jun 18 Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, born in Fulda, Germany (d. 1851)
- Jul 25 Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer, teacher and choir master, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1842)
- Aug 19 Pierre-Jean de Béranger, French poet and songwriter, born in Paris, France (d. 1857)
- Nov 3 Victor Dourlen, French composer, born in Dunkerque, France (d. 1864)
- Nov 16 Robert Archibald Smith, Scottish composer, musical dierctor, and ethno-musicoolgist (Scotish Minstrels), born in Reading, England (d. 1829)
- Nov 22 Conradin Kreutzer, German composer, born in Messkirch, Baden, Germany (d. 1849)
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