- Jan 20 Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist (Dresden Court Orchestra, 1821-50), composer, and teacher, born in Haselrieth, Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen (d. 1860)
- Feb 15 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, Bavarian composer, born in Rattiszell, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
- Mar 8 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German Protestant clergyman, composer, music theorist, and poet, born in Sulza, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
- Mar 26 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, born in Hahnbach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1852)
- May 10 Nicola Benvenuti, Italian composer, born in Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1867)
- May 22 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, English composer, born in Westminster, London (d. 1866)
- Jun 8 Joseph Lincke, German cellist and composer, born in Trachenberg, Silesia (now Żmigród, Poland) (d. 1837)
- Jun 29 August Alexander Klengel, German pianist and composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1852)
- Oct 13 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, born in Piastów, Poland (d. 1865)
- Dec 14 Johann Christoph Kienlen, German composer, born in Ulm, Germany (d. 1829)
- Dec 28 Robert Gallenberg, Austrian ballet composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1939)
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