- Jan 5 Kaspar Ett, German organist and composer, born in Eresing, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1847)
- Jan 8 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Royal Swedish Academy of Music), born on Föllingsö, Östergötland (d. 1870)
- Jan 13 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, German composer, born in Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1854)
- Feb 10 Johann Peter Pixis, German pianist and composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1874)
- Feb 25 Mateo Ferrer, Spanish composer and organist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1864)
- Apr 12 Johan Erik Nordblom, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1848)
- Aug 20 José Bernardo Alcedo, Peruvian composer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1878)
- Aug 26 Aloys Schmitt, German pianist, composer and music theorist (Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16), born in Erlenbach am Main, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1866)
- Oct 11 Simon Sechter, Austrian composer and music theorist, born in Frymburk, Bohemia (d. 1867)
- Oct 20 Philip Knapton, English composer and organist (Caller Herrin), born in York, England (d. 1833)
- Nov 11 Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1856)
- Dec 18 Camille Pleyel, Austrian pianist, piano manufacturer, and music publisher, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1855)
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