Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833)
Mar 7 French inventor and pioneer of photography, born in Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Mar 18 David Hendrik Chasse, Dutch general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), born in Tiel, Netherlands (d. 1849)
- Mar 21 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch-English baron and diplomat (Dutch ambassador to London) (d. 1838)
- Mar 27 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologist, born in Munich (d. 1841)
- Apr 1 Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
- Apr 28 Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician, born in Paris (d. 1843)
- May 28 Jean Baptiste Cartier, French musician and composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1841)
- Jun 1 Christiane Vulpius, German lover then wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born in Weimar (d. 1816)
- Jun 1 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1831)
- Jun 5 Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, born in Simmozheim (d. 1831)
- Jun 6 Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant and poet (Dwingelandij), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1834)
- Jun 13 Anton Eberl, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1807)
- Aug 21 William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37), born in Buckingham House, London (d. 1837)
- Sep 18 Gregory XVI [Bartolomeo Alberto Mauro Cappellari], Pope (1831-1846), born in Belluno, Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1846)
- Sep 18 Oliver Holden, American composer, born in Shirley, Massachusetts (d. 1844)
- Sep 22 Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
- Sep 25 Michał Ogiński, Polish diplomat, violinist, balalaika player, and composer (Farewell to My Homeland), born in Guzów, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1833)
- Sep 30 José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
- Oct 8 Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer, born in Hampshire, England (d. 1831)
- Oct 16 Fédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, born in Montbéliard, County of Montbéliard (d. 1838)
- Oct 22 Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1823)
- Nov 4 Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (fluid mechanics), born in Caen, France (d. 1836)
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
Nov 14 American inventor and engineer (first commercial steamboat), born in Little Britain, Pennsylvania
- Nov 17 Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
- Nov 20 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, born in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1814)
- Nov 20 Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer, born in Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1819)
- Nov 23 Thomas Attwood, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1838)
Eli Whitney (1765-1825)
Dec 8 American inventor (Cotton Gin), born in Westborough, Massachusetts
- Dec 10 Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance, born in Vught, Netherlands (d. 1821)
- Dec 15 Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1821)
- Dec 22 Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1825)
- Dec 25 Joseph Mazzinghi, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1844)
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