- Jan 12 Nikolai Afanisev, Russian composer and violinist, born in Tobolsk, Russia (d. 1898)
- Feb 17 Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan, born in Grange, Ireland (d. 1861)
- Apr 23 Pierre Dupont, French songwriter, born in Lyon, France (d. 1870)
- May 1 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1873)
- May 25 Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (now Germany) (d. 1880)
- Jun 15 Nikolay Zaremba, Russian composer and teacher of Tchaikovsky, born in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1879)
- Jun 27 August Conradi, German organist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
- Jul 12 Cesare Dominiceti, Italian composer, born in Desenzano del Garda, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (now Italy) (d. 1888)
- Jul 18 Pauline Viardot, French pianist, mezzo-soprano, and composer (Cendrillon), born in Paris (d. 1910)
- Aug 24 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, born in Zibello, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1890)
- Aug 31 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, Bohemian clarinetist, bandleader, and composer, born in Polepy, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1899)
- Sep 17 Arthur Saint-Leon, French composer and dancer, born in Paris, France (d. 1870)
- Oct 11 Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, born in Ravenna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1873)
- Oct 16 Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1883)
- Oct 30 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, born in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1882)
- Nov 9 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, born in Alsace, Guebwiller (d. 1910)
- Dec 8 Josip Runjanin, Croatian Serb composer (Croatian National Anthem) and soldier, born in Vinkovci (d. 1878)
- Dec 15 Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1884)
- Dec 22 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, born in Crema, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1889)
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