- Jan 1 William Joseph Westbrook, British organist and sacred music composer, born in London, England (d. 1894)
- Feb 17 Francisco Salvador Daniel, French composer, and ethno-musicologist, born in Bourges, France (d. 1871)
- Feb 21 Eduard Rappoldi, Austrian composer and violinist, born in Vienna (d. 1903)
- Feb 26 Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer, born in Bolognola, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1902)
- Mar 14 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896)
- May 24 Richard Hoffman, British-American pianist, and composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1909)
- Jun 2 Jan Gerard Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer known as as the "Father of Curaçao's classical music", born . Curacao (d. 1899)
- Jun 10 W. A. Remy [Wilhelm Mayer], Austro-Bohemian composer, born in Prague (d. 1898)
- Jun 28 Joseph Joachim, German violinist (Hungarian Concerto), born in Köpcsény, Moson County, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1907)
- Aug 13 Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1902)
- Aug 28 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1885)
- Dec 25 Johann Herbeck, Austrian composer and conductor (conducted premiere of Franz Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony"), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1877)
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