- Jan 23 Francesco Ruggi, Italian composer, dies at 77
- Feb 13 Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher, dies at 71
- Feb 14 Joseph Lakanal, French Politician and Educator, dies at 82
- Feb 20 Pavel Ivanovich Dolgorukov, Russian composer, dies at 57
- Mar 18 Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman], American pioneer nurseryman (introduced apple trees to Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois), dies at 70
- Mar 19 George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
- Mar 22 Franz Joseph Volkert, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 67
- Apr 2 Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
- Apr 12 Hendrik Marcus de Kock, Dutch general and politician (Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1826-30), dies at 65
- Apr 18 Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist, dies at 77
- Apr 25 Thomas Duncan, Scottish painter, dies at 37
- May 2 August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
- May 3 Thomas Hood, English poet and composer (The Song of the Shirt), dies at 45
- May 11 Carl Filtsch, Transylvanian composer & pianist child prodigy, dies of tuberculosis at 14
- May 12 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet, translator and critic, dies at 77
- May 12 János Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (b. 1763)
- May 15 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
- May 19 Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
Andrew Jackson
Jun 8 Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman (D) seventh US President (1828-37), dies at 78
Charles Grey
Jul 17 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), dies at 81
- Sep 4 Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, French statesman and philosopher, dies at 82
- Sep 7 Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, dies
- Sep 10 Karl August von Lichtenstein, German composer, dies at 78
- Sep 10 Joseph Story, American lawyer and 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45), dies at 65
- Sep 16 John Kinker, Dutch philosopher poet, dies at 81
Elizabeth Fry
Oct 12 Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, social reformer and Quaker Minister, dies of a stroke at 65
- Oct 18 Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer, dies at 97
- Oct 25 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral, dies at 81
- Oct 27 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), dies at 60
- Nov 2 Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55
- Nov 3 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 69
- Dec 2 Johann "Giovanni" Simon Mayr, German composer and music director (Cathedral of Bergamo, 1802-45), dies at 82
- Dec 3 Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)