- Jan 9 Pavel Křížkovský, Czech choral composer and conductor (Sts. Cyril and Methodius), born in Kreuzendorf, Austrian Silesia (d. 1885)
- Jan 23 Alexander Serov, Russian composer and music critic, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1871)
- Feb 13 (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, born in Bártfa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bardejov, Slovakia) (d. 1882)
- Feb 17 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1881)
- Feb 29 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1887)
- Mar 1 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, born in Harrow, England (d. 1901)
- Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1900)
- Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
- Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", born in Brewster, New York (d. 1915)
- Apr 17 Gottfried Conradi, Norwegian composer, born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 1896)
- May 22 Alexander Fesca, German pianist and composer, born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1849)
- Jun 18 Martin Andreas Udbye, Norwegian composer and organist, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1889)
- Aug 3 Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, born in Parsonsfield, Maine (d. 1915)
- Aug 20 Adolphe Fétis, Belgian-French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1873)
- Aug 24 Jacopo Tomadini, Italian composer, born in Cividale del Friuli, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom (now Italy) (d. 1883)
- Aug 30 George Frederick Root, American songwriter (The Battle Cry of Freedom), born in Sheffield, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
- Oct 1 Gustav Adolf Heinze, Dutch composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1904)
- Oct 6 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1887)
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