- Oct 18 Giovanni Tadolini, Italian conductor and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1872)
- Oct 24 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, born in TÃ rrega, Catalonia (d. 1855)
- Oct 26 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1863)
- Oct 28 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, born in Neu Giersdorff, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1864)