- Jan 9 William Jackson of Masham, English composer and organist, born in Masham, Yorkshire (d. 1866)
- Jan 16 Adolph Trube, German organist, teacher and composer, born in Waldenburg, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1857)
- Jan 22 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, Dutch-British pianist, composer, composer, and writer (Wagner As I Knew Him), born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1891)
- Mar 2 Antonio Buzzolla, Italian composer, born in Adria, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (d. 1871)
- Mar 4 Mykhailo Verbytsky, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer (Prostachka; The State Anthem of Ukraine), born in Nadsyannia, Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1870)
- Mar 14 Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880)
- Mar 30 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1854)
- Apr 6 Robert Volkmann, German composer and pedagogue, born in Lommatzsch, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1883)
- Apr 12 Henry Hugo Pierson, English composer, born in Oxford, England (d. 1873)
- May 8 Jean-Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer, born in Bayonne, France (d. 1888)
- Jun 6 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, Portuguese violinist, hornist and composer (Adoração ao Sol), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1860)
- Jun 19 John William Glover, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1899)
- Sep 4 Mihály Mosonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Boldogasszony, Austria-Hungary (d. 1870)
- Sep 5 Karl Wilhelm, German composer, born in Schmalkalden, Electorate of Hesse (now in Thuringia, Germany (d. 1873)
- Sep 17 Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger), born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1868)
- Oct 25 Ernesto Camillo Sivori, Italian violinist and composer, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1894)
- Oct 25 Philipp Fahrbach the Elder, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1885)
- Oct 29 Dan Emmett, American composer, born in Mount Vernon, Ohio (d. 1904)
- Nov 3 Adrien Louis Boieldieu, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1883)
- Dec 22 Lucien Petipa, French ballet dancer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1898)
- Dec 25 Temistocle Solera, Italian opera composer, born in Ferrara, Austrian Empire (d. 1878)
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