- Jan 7 Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
- Jan 21 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author
- Jan 22 Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
- Jan 24 Nicholas Mori, Anglo-Italian violinist & conductor, born in London, England (d. 1839)
- Jan 25 William McGillivray, Scottish naturalist & ornithologist, born in Old Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1852)