- Jan 12 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian and poet (Natthimmelen), born in Geijersgården, Sweden (d. 1847)
- Jan 23 Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle], French writer (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1842)
- Jan 29 Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian folk poet and translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9], born in Mishenskoe, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1852)
- Feb 9 Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
- Feb 11 Jarena Lee, African American travelling minister
- Feb 21 Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (VP: Imperial Academy of Arts 1828-68), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1873)
- Feb 21 Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
- Mar 8 Hannah Hoes, future wife of U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1837-41), born in Kinderhook, New York (d. 1819)
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Apr 3 American author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 8 John Claudius Loudon, Scottish horticulturist, born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1843)
- Apr 10 Hortense de Beauharnais, French Queen of Holland (1806-10), born in Paris (d. 1837)
- Apr 29 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1856)
- May 9 Alexander Ross, Canadian fur trader, born in Morayshire, Scotland (d. 1856)
- May 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in Gordonsville, Virginia (d. 1841)
- Jun 19 Thomas Sully, American portrait painter (Queen Victoria), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1872)
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
Jul 24 Venezuelan political and military leader (freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule), born in Caracas
- Aug 7 John Heathcoat, English inventor of lace-making machinery, born in Duffield, Derbyshire (d. 1861)
- Aug 7 Princess Amelia, youngest child of King George III of United Kingdom, born in Royal Lodge, Windsor (d. 1810)
- Aug 9 Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia, born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire (d. 1801)
- Aug 23 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
- Sep 8 N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher, born in Udby, Zealand, Denmark (d. 1872)
- Sep 17 Samuel Prout, British water color painter, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1852)
Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1824)
Sep 27 Mexican army general, politician and 1st emperor of Mexico, born in Valladolid, Michoacán, Mexico
