- Jan 8 Lowell Mason, American organist and composer (Zebulo), born in Medfield, Massachusetts (d. 1872)
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Feb 29 Italian composer (Barber of Seville, William Tell), born in Pesaro, Italy
- Apr 30 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, German organist and composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1852)
- Jun 16 Francis Johnson, American keyed Kent bugle virtuoso, violinist, bandleader, and composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1844) [1]
- Sep 5 Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, French composer, born in Nantes, France (d. 1853)
- Sep 8 Joseph Netherclift, English composer (d. 1863)
- Oct 3 Cipriani Potter, British pianist and composer, born in London (d. 1871)
- Oct 13 Moritz Hauptmann, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1868)
- Oct 20 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, German composer and flutist, born in Münster (d. 1852)
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