- Jan 3 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
- Jan 5 Fortunato Santini, Italian priest & composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1861)
- Jan 6 Thomas Lincoln, American farmer, carpenter, and father President Abraham Lincoln, born in Linville Creek, Virginia (d. 1851)
- Jan 13 Anton Fischer, German composer (d. 1808)
- Jan 24 Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, son of French King Charles X, born in Versailles, France (d. 1820)
- Jan 31 Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Bohemian and Austrian statesman (Minister-President of Austria 1848), born in Prague (d. 1861)