- Nov 2 Antonio Peña y Goñi, Spanish composer, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1896)
- Nov 4 Gaston Serpette, French composer, born in Nantes, France (d. 1904)
- Nov 7 Ignaz Brull, Moravain-born composer, born in Prostějov, Moravia (d. 1907)
- Nov 10 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1906)
- Nov 10 Paul Kuczynski, Polish composer, born in Szczecin, Poland (d. 1897)