- Jan 8 Johann Ludwig Bohner, German composer, born in Töttelstädt, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1860)
- Feb 13 James P. Carrell, American hymn composer, born in Washington County, Virginia (d. 1854)
- Aug 15 Alexander Aliabiev, Russian composer remembered as one of the fathers of Russian art song, born in Tobolsk, Siberia (d. 1851)
- Oct 30 Karl Guhr, German composer, born in Militsch, Kingdom of Prussia (now Milicz, Poland) (d. 1848)
- Nov 17 Michele Carafa, Italian opera composer (Le nozze di Lammermoor), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1872)
- Nov 25 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (Silent Night), born in Hochberg, Austria (d. 1863)
- Nov 27 Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer, born in Gollachostheim, Bavaria (d. 1849)
- Dec 1 Pavel Ivanovich Dolgorukov, Russian composer, born in Moscow (d. 1845)
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