- 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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