- Oct 7 Adolf Muller Sr., Austrian composer of operettas, born in Tolna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1886)
- Oct 23 (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1851)
- Oct 28 Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1877)
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