- Jan 2 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, born in Studzianka, West Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1852)
- Jan 4 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1889)
- Jan 6 Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, born in Wetzlar (d. 1883)
- Feb 6 Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, born in Flensburg, Germany (d. 1890)
- Feb 15 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, Polish composer, born in Romanów, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
- Mar 15 Gaetano Gaspari, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1881)
- May 15 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, Italian composer, music critic, attorney, and educator (Conservatory of Florence, 1862-81), born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1881)
- Jun 2 Robert Führer, Czech composer of sacred music, and music theorist, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1861)
- Jun 6 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1866)
- Sep 11 Ignaz Lachner, German composer, born in Rain, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1895)
- Oct 3 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1887)
- Oct 21 Miguel Hilarion Eslava, Spanish composer and priest (Chapel Master Royal Chapel Madrid), born in Burlada, Spain (d. 1878)
- Oct 21 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer, born in Mulhouse, Alsace (d. 1880)
- Nov 16 François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, born in Issoire, France (d. 1873)
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