George Childress (1804-1841)
Jan 8 American lawyer & statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Jan 12 Hippolyte Monpou, French organist and opera composer, born in Paris (d. 1841)
- Jan 13 John Pringle Nichol, Scottish astronomer and educator (University of Glasgow), born in Huntly Hill, Scotland (d. 1859)
- Jan 13 Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
- Jan 14 John Park, Scottish composer & minister, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire (d. 1865)
- Jan 16 Karl August Krebs, German conductor and composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1880)
- Jan 20 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
- Jan 21 Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
- Jan 31 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian poet and critic, born in Szücsi (d. 1858)