- Jan 3 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Kraśnik, Russian Empire (d. 1860)
- Feb 6 Charles Wheatstone, English scientist (sound transmission), and inventor (English concertina; stereoscope; Playfair cipher), born in Barnwood, England (d. 1875)
- Feb 20 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1870)
- Apr 1 Hubert Reis, German composer and violinist, born in Bonn (d. 1886)
- Apr 27 Louis Niedermeyer, composer, born in Nyon, Switzerland (d. 1861)
- May 31 Cesare Pugni, Italian composer, born in Genoa, Ligurian Republic ( now Italy) (d. 1870)
- Jul 3 Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
- Jul 12 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)
- Jul 15 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), born in Bedford, England (d. 1892)
- Jul 27 Benedikt Randhartinger, Austrian composer, born in Ruprechtshofen, Austria (d. 1893)
- Oct 7 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German violinist and composer, born in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1869)
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