- Jan 3 [Johann Christian] Friedrich Schneider, German composer and conductor (d. 1853)
- Apr 18 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, Swiss composer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1868)
- Jul 25 Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1846)
- Sep 11 Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish opera composer (Elves Hall), born in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1832)
- Sep 27 José Mariano Elízaga, Mexican composer, born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1842)
- Nov 7 Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, Spanish choirmaster and composer, born in Sanaüja, Spain (d. 1853)
- Nov 10 Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1868)
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Nov 18 German pianist, romantic composer (Der Freischutz; Oberon), and lithographer, born in Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
