- Jan 3 (Gertrude) "Henriette" Sontag, later Countess Rossi, German operatic soprano (Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe"), born in Koblenz, Rhin-et-Moselle, First French Republic (d. 1854)
- Jan 19 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, Czech composer, born in Řepnice, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1864)
- Jan 24 Anna Caroline Oury (née De Belleville), German concert pianist and composer, born in Landshut, kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880)
- Jan 27 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Basque child prodigy and composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1826)
- Mar 26 Josef Slavik, Czech composer, born in Jince, Czech Republic (d. 1833)
- Apr 18 Ludwig Schuberth, German composer, born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 1850)
- Apr 26 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, German composer, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1872)
- May 8 Johann Friedrich Kittl, Czech composer, born in Orlík, Bohemia (d. 1868)
- May 27 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1835)
- Jun 2 Isaac Strauss, French violinist, conductor and composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1888)
- Jun 27 Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer, born in Besançon, France (d. 1883)
- Jul 23 Eduard Marxsen, German pianist and composer, born in Nienstädten, Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1887)
- Aug 21 Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish violinist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1860)
- Sep 13 Moritz Ganz, German composer and cellist, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (now Germany) (d. 1868)
- Sep 24 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 1893)
- Oct 6 Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, born in Ramdala, Blekinge, Sweden (d. 1864)
- Dec 6 Gilbert Duprez, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1896)
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