- Feb 22 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
- Feb 26 Antoine Reicha, Czech born French composer and teacher, friend of Beethoven, born in Prague (d. 1836)
- Mar 25 Carl Friedrich Ebers, German composer and arranger, born in Kassel (d. 1836)
- Apr 19 Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1839)
- May 19 Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
- Jun 4 James Hewitt, American composer and conductor, born in Dartmoor, England (d. 1827)
- Sep 19 Johann Georg Repsold, German instrument maker and astronomer, born in Wremen, Wurster Nordseeküste, Germany (d. 1830)
- Nov 8 Friedrich Witt, German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony; , The Suffering Saviour), born in Niederstetten, Germany (d. 1836)
- Nov 29 Peter Hänsel, German-Austrian violinist and composer, born in Leppe, Silesia Province (d. 1831)
- Dec 13 John Clarke-Whitfeld, English organist and composer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1836)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Dec 16 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), born in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne (d. 1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Dec 17 Johann Friedrich Schubert, German composer, born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 1811)