- Jan 19 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1918)
- Mar 26 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, born in Uszyce, Poland (d. 1887)
- Apr 12 Edward Mollenhauer, Prussian-American violinist and composer (Love Among the Breakers), born in Erfurt, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1914)
- Apr 15 Julius Tausch, German composer, born in Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt (d. 1895)
- May 11 Septimus Winner, American songwriter (Listen To The Mockingbird), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1902)
- Jul 19 Wilhelm Kalliwoda, Bohemian-German pianist, composer, kapellmeister, and music teacher, born in Donaueschingen, Grand Duchy of Baden (now Germany) (d. 1893)
- Aug 20 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria), born in Mariahilf, Austria (d. 1870)
- Aug 22 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1909)
- Aug 28 Teresa Milanollo, Italian composer, born in Savigliano, Italy (d. 1904)
- Sep 8 Emil Naumann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
- Oct 6 Cark Reidel, German composer and conductor, born in Cronenberg, Wuppertal (d. 1888)
- Nov 12 Gustav Merkel, German organist (Dresden Cathedral, 1864-85), composer, and pedagogue (Dresden Conservatory), born in Oberoderwitz, Kingdom of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1885)
- Nov 20 Edmond Dédé, Creole-American violinist and composer (Quasimodo Symphony; Mephisto Masque), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1901)
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