- Jan 8 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Swiss pianist, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1871)
- Jan 8 William Henry Holmes, English composer, born in Sudbury, England (d. 1885)
- Jan 14 Carl Gradener, German composer, born in Rostock, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1883)
- Feb 19 Lauro Rossi, Italian composer (I falsi monetari), born in Macerata, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1885)
- Feb 29 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer and music critic, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
- Mar 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1886)
- Mar 11 William Vincent Wallace, Irish-American violinist (known as the 'Australian Paganini'), and composer (Maritana), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1865)
- Apr 6 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, Russian composer and teacher, born in Borisk-ovka, Russia (d. 1885)
- Apr 23 Louis-Antoine Jullien, French conductor, born in Sisteron, France (d. 1860)
- Apr 27 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer, born in Teutendorf, Germany (d. 1883)
- May 14 Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, born in Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Swedish Pomerania (now Germany) (d. 1883)
- May 20 Gustav Mankell, Moravian-Swedish organist and composer, born in Christiansfeld, Denmark (d. 1880)
- Jun 8 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer, born in Brno (d. 1865)
- Jun 8 Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer, born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1896)
- Jun 21 Félix Danjou, French church organist, arranger, music teacher, organ builder, and political journalist, born in Paris, France (d. 1866)
- Jun 27 John Pike Hullah, English composer, born in Worcester (d. 1884)
- Nov 28 Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian organist, composer, musical folklorist, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1887)
- Dec 15 Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1897)
- Dec 18 Wiktor Kazynski, Polish composer, born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
- Dec 20 Achille Peri, Italian composer and conductor, born in Reggio Emilia, Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) (d. 1880)
- Dec 23 William Hauser, American composer and minister, born in Bethania, North Carolina (d. 1880)
- Dec 24 Henry Russell, English pianist and composer, born in Sheerness, England (d. 1900)
- Dec 26 Wilhelm Volkmar, German composer, born in Bad Hersfeld, Germany (d. 1887)
- Dec 28 Julius Reitz, German cellist, composer, teacher, and music editor, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
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