- Dec 11 Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, born in Tilsit, East Prussia (d. 1817)
- Dec 12 Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician, born in New Jersey (d. 1865)
- Dec 19 Charles-Julien Brianchon, French mathematician (Brianchon's theorem), born in Sèvres, France (d. 1864)