- Jan 24 Karl Moser, German composer and violinist, born in Berlin (1851)
- Feb 16 Pierre Rode, French composer and violinist, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine (d. 1830)
- Mar 5 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
- Mar 20 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, born in London (d. 1856)
- Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, Czech composer, born in Skuteč, Bohemia (d. 1850)
- Oct 7 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
- Nov 14 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
- Nov 15 William Horsley, English musician and composer, born in London (d. 1858)
- Dec 20 Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, French composer & guitarist, born in Paris, France