- Jan 3 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal, diplomat and art collector (Uncle of Napoleon), born in Ajaccio in Corsica (d. 1839)
- Jan 8 Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat, born in Versailles, France (d. 1834)
- Jan 24 Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
- Jan 26 Charles XIV [Jean Bernadotte], King of Sweden & Norway (1818-44), Marshall of France, born in Pau, France (d. 1844)
- Jan 29 Johann Gottfried Seume, German writer (Spaziergang nach Syrakus), born in Poserna, Saxony-Anhalt, (d. 1810)
- Feb 1 Thomas Campbell, Irish-American clergyman (founder of Disciples of Christ movement in America), born in County Down, Ireland (d. 1854)
- Feb 3 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, born in Rudolstadt (d. 1847)
- Feb 9 Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- Feb 14 Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general, born in Morlaix, Brittany, France (d. 1813)
- Feb 20 Adalbert Gyrowetz [Vojtěch Jírovec], Bohemian composer (Robert oder die Prüfung), born in České Budějovice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1850) [1]
- Mar 6 Jean Xavier Lefevre, French clarinetist and composer, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1829)
- Mar 9 William Cobbett, English journalist and author, born in Farnham, Surrey (d. 1835)
- Mar 13 Guillaume Brune, French marshal, born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France (d. 1815)
- Mar 21 Jean Paul, German romantic writer (Titan), born in Wunsiedel, Franconia (d. 1825)
- Apr 2 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, Italian composer, baptized in Rovereto, Italy (d. 1842)
- Apr 7 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer and double bass player, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1846)
- May 4 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, German composer, born in Steingaden, Germany (d. 1819)
- May 7 Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
- May 8 Johannes Goldberg, Dutch politician and civil servant (undertook 1st economic survey of Batavian Republic) (d. 1828)
- May 11 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
- May 16 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, French chemist and pharmacist (discovered chromium, beryllium), born in t Saint-André-d'Hébertot, France (d. 1829)
- May 21 Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
- Jun 1 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, born in Wechselburg, Electoral Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1819)
- Jun 13 José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian statesman, born in Santos, São Paulo (d. 1838)
- Jun 14 Johann "Giovanni" Simon Mayr, German composer and music director (Cathedral of Bergamo, 1802-45), born in Mendorf, Bavaria (d. 1845)
- Jun 15 Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, born in Schwetzingen (d. 1826)
Wolfe Tone (1763-1798)
Jun 20 Irish republican and revolutionary figure (United Irishmen), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jun 21 Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, French statesman and philosopher, born in Sompuis, France (d. 1845)
- Jun 23 Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I and first Empress of France (1804-14), born in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique (d. 1814)
- Jun 26 George Morland, English artist of rural landscapes, born in London (d. 1804)
- Jul 2 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, born in Mannheim, Palatinate (d. 1846)
- Jul 17 Johannes Hendricus van der Palm, Dutch theologist and Minister of Education, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1840)
John Jacob Astor (1763-1848)
Jul 17 born in Walldorf, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire
- Jul 22 James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), born in Carlisle Pennsylvania (d. 1838)
- Jul 30 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem), born in Newington Cross, Islington, England (d. 1855)
- Aug 8 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US professional architect (Massachusetts State House), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1844)
- Sep 2 Caroline Schelling [Michaelis], German Romantic poet and critic, born in Göttingen (d. 1809)
- Oct 12 John Ross, English composer and organist, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1837)
- Oct 24 Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (Florentin), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1839)
- Oct 27 William Maclure, Scottish-American Geologist (first geological map), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1840)
- Nov 28 Matthäus Fischer, German organist and composer, born in Ried, Swabia (d. 1840)
- Dec 23 John Davy, English composer, born at Creedy Bridge, Devon (d. 1824)
- Dec 25 Claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph), born in Brûlon, France (d. 1805)
- Dec 28 John Molson, Canadian brewer (founded Montreal brewery Molsons), born in Moulton, England (d. 1836)
- Dec 31 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral, born in Valensole, France (d. 1806)