- Jan 14 Johannes Josephus Viotta, Dutch physician and composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1859)
- Jan 21 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), born in London, England (d. 1856)
- Feb 21 Nicolo Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1891)
- Feb 22 Oskar Kolberg, Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer (Lud), born in Przysucha, Poland (d. 1890)
- Mar 3 Charles Kensington Salaman, British pianist and synagogue music composer, born in London, England (d. 1901)
- Mar 16 Guildo Alary, Italian-born French composer, born in Mantua, (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy (d. 1891)
- Apr 21 Béni Egressy, Hungarian composer, librettist, and actor, born in Kazincbarcika, Hungary (d. 1851)
- May 9 Adolf von Henselt, German composer, born in Schwabach, Bavaria (d. 1889)
- Jul 2 Thérèse Wartel, French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1865)
- Jul 3 Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, born in Rauna parish, Russian Empire (d. 1881)
- Aug 10 Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1880)
- Sep 17 Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti, Italian composer (Pergolese), and educator (Milan Conservatory, 1850-81), born in Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1882)
- Nov 6 Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician and instrument inventor (saxophone, saxtromba, saxtuba), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1894)
- Dec 1 August Rockel, German composer, born in Graz (d. 1876)
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