- Jan 12 Hippolyte Monpou, French organist and opera composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1841)
- Jan 14 John Park, Scottish composer and minister, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 1865)
- Jan 16 Karl August Krebs, German conductor and composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1880)
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