- Oct 8 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, German composer, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Confederation of the Rhine (d. 1889)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Oct 10 Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), born in Busseto
- Oct 26 Henry Smart, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1879)
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