- Mar 1 Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, born in Kozlovsky Uyezd, Russia (d. 1862)
- Mar 7 František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech linguist, poet (national anthem, folk song), and Slavist, born in Strakonice, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1852)
- Apr 5 Vincenzo Fioravanti, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1877)
- Apr 13 Joseph Rastrelli, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1842)
- Apr 13 Ludwig Rellstab, German music theorist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1860)
- May 23 Thomas Hood, English poet and composer (The Song of the Shirt), born in London (d. 1845)
- May 27 Fromental Halévy, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1862)
- Aug 4 Olof Wilhelm Uddén, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1868)
- Oct 15 August Ferdinand Haeser, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1844)
- Dec 31 Thomas Taglichsbeck, German violinist and composer, born in Ansbach, Germany (d. 1867)
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