- Feb 11 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist, and composer of liturgical music, born in Salzberg, Austria (d. 1862)
- Feb 16 Chretien Urhan, French violinist and composer, born in Montjoie, France (d. 1845)
- Mar 15 Nicola Vaccai, Italian opera composer, born in Tolentino, Papal States (d. 1848)
- May 6 Wilhelm Würfel, Bohemian pianist, conductor, teacher, and composer, born in Plaňány, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1832)
- Jun 10 Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul, French composer, born in Givet, France (d. 1875)
- Jun 21 Wilhelm Speyer, German violinist and composer, born in Offenbach, Hesse, Germany (d. 1878)
- Oct 8 Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian violinist, composer (Fjeldeventyret), and conductor, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1828)
- Oct 14 Georg Gerson, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1825)
- Oct 30 Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, born in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland (d. 1861)