- Feb 4 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, writer and author of the Czech national anthem (Kde domov můj), born in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
- Feb 28 Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer ("Voyage d'un Harpiste en Orient"), born in Teignmouth, England (d. 1849)
- Mar 24 Maria Malibran (née Garcia) Spanish operatic contralto and soprano, born in Paris, France (d. 1836)
- Apr 10 Auguste Franchomme, French cellist and composer, born in Lille, France (d. 1884)
- May 15 Gottfried Herrmann, German violinist, organist, Kapellmeister, and composer, born in Sondershausen, Confederation of the Rhine (now Germany) (d. 1878)
- May 15 Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (The Bohemian Girl), born in Dublin (d. 1870)
- May 17 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, French composer (Les trois couleurs), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
- May 30 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon (d. 1862)
- Jul 28 Charles Lucas, British cellist composer, publisher, and educator (Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, 1859-66), born in Salisbury, England (d. 1869)
- Jul 31 Frederick Crouch, English-born composer, born in London, England (d. 1896)
- Aug 10 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1880)
- Sep 15 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1866)
- Oct 1 Eduard Sobolewski, Polish-American violinist and composer, born in Königsberg (d. 1872)
- Oct 12 John Liptrot Hatton, English composer and pianist, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1886)
- Oct 24 Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, born in Großschönau, Saxony, Germany (d. 1879)
- Nov 17 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss monk and composer (Swiss psalm - Swiss National Anthem), born in Bauen, Switzerland (d. 1854)
- Nov 18 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1877)
- Dec 6 Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1884)
- Dec 26 Albert Grisar, Belgian composer, born in Antwerp (d. 1869)
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