- Jan 3 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, born in Zoerle-Parwijs, Belgium (d. 1881)
- Jan 5 William Rockstro [Rackstraw], English musicologist, arranger, and composer, born in North Cheam, Surrey, England (d. 1895)
- Jan 21 Alexandre Goria, French pianist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1860)
- Jan 27 Édouard Lalo, French composer (Symphonie Espagnole; Le roi d'Ys), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
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