- Feb 21 Francisco Manuel da Silva, Brazilian composer, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1865)
- Mar 14 Robert Lucas Pearsall, English composer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1856)
- Mar 23 Leopold Jansa, Bohemian violinist, composer, and teacher, born in Wildenschwert, Austria-Hungary (now Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic) (d. 1875)
- May 15 Adolf Bernhard Marx [Samuel Moses Marx], German music theorist and pedagogue, born in Halle, Prussia (d. 1866)
- Aug 16 Heinrich August Marschner, German opera composer, born in Zittau, Saxony (d. 1861)
- Sep 17 Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Bari, Italy (d. 1870)
- Sep 20 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, born in Eisleben, Saxony (d. 1857)
- Oct 26 Nikolaos Mantzaros, Italian-Greek composer, born in Corfu Island, Greece (d. 1872)
- Nov 24 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian composer (d. 1853)
- Dec 8 Jacques-François Gallay, French horn player and composer, born in Perpignan, France (d. 1864)