- Jan 6 Anselme Payen, French chemist, born in Paris, France (d. 1871)
- Jan 15 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant & man of letters, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1844)
- Jan 15 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1829)
- Jan 18 Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of Tsar Paul I