- Jan 12 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)
- 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 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
- 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 Van Buren, Wife of U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1837-41), born in Kinderhook, New York (d. 1819)
Washington Irving
Apr 3 Washington Irving, American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born in NYC, New York (d. 1859)
Washington Irving
- Apr 8 John Claudius, horticulturist, born in London, England
- Apr 10 Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), born in Paris (d. 1837)
- Apr 29 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
- May 9 Alexander Ross, Canadian pioneer/fur trader
- May 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841)
- Jun 19 Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
Simón Bolívar
Jul 24 Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan political and military leader (freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule), born in Caracas (d. 1830)
Simón Bolívar
- Aug 7 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)
- Aug 7 Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
- Aug 9 Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
- Aug 23 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
- Sep 8 Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
- Sep 17 Samuel Prout, water-color painter
Agustín de Iturbide
Sep 27 Agustin I de Iturbide, General and 1st Emperor of Mexico (1822-23), born in Valladolid, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1824)
Agustín de Iturbide