- Jan 20 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
- Jan 22 François-Antoine Habeneck, French composer and musician, born in Mézières, France (d. 1849)
- Jan 26 Achim von Arnim [Ludwig Joachim von Arnim], German Romantic poet and writer (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), born in Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1831)
- Jan 30 Adelbert von Chamisso, French writer (Peter Schlemihl), born in Champagne (d. 1838)
- Feb 9 Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
- Feb 17 René Laënnec, French physician who invented the stethoscope, born in Quimper, France (d. 1826)
- Feb 18 Henry Martyn, English missionary (India and Persia), born in Truro, England (d. 1812)
- Mar 4 Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
- Mar 11 Anthony Philip Heinrich, America's 1st "full-time" composer, born in Schönbüchel, Bohemia (d. 1861)
- Mar 12 Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
- Mar 13 Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect, city planner and painter (Altes Museum, Neue Wache), born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1841)
- Mar 17 Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Dutch general and politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1836-40), born in Alkmaar, Dutch Republic (d. 1840)
- Mar 17 Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
- Mar 18 Gustave Vogt, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1870)
- Apr 2 Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian yogi and religious leader, born in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1830)
- Apr 22 Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, German composer, born in Breslau (d. 1822)
- May 4 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher, born in Eisenberg, Germany (d. 1832)
- May 14 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian, travel writer (Italy and the Italians) and politician, born in Wörlitz (d. 1873)
- May 24 Louis François Dauprat, French composer and horn player, born in Paris (d. 1868)
- May 25 Ferdinand Karl Joseph, Archduke of Austria-Este, born in Milan (d. 1850)
- May 29 John Walker, English inventor and chemist who invented the friction match, born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (d. 1859)
- Jun 5 Christian August Lobeck, German classical scholar, born in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 1860)
George Stephenson (1781-1848)
Jun 9 English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Gauge), born in Newcastle, England
Stamford Raffles (1781-1826)
Jul 6 British statesman and founder of Singapore, born in off the coast of Port Morant, Jamaica
- Jul 8 Tom Cribb, English bare knuckle boxer (C'ship of England 1808-22), born in Hanaham, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1848)
- Jul 27 Mauro Giuliani, Italian musician and composer, born in Bisceglie, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy) (d. 1829)
- Aug 9 Michael Umlauf, Austrian violinist, composer and conductor (premiere of Beethoven's 9th), born in Vienna (d. 1842)
- Aug 12 Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1855) [1]
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824)
Sep 3 stepson of Napoleon I (son of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie), born in Paris
- Sep 6 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher and composer, born in Mattsee, Austria (d. 1858)
- Sep 23 Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later also known as Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia, born in Coburg, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1860)
- Oct 1 James Lawrence, American naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!"), born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 1813)
- Oct 5 Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher, born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1848)
- Nov 3 Friedrich Wollank, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1831)
- Nov 18 Felice Blangini, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1841)
- Nov 20 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist, born in Jena, Germany (d. 1854)
- Nov 29 Andres Bello, Venezuela poet, diplomat and scholar (Silvas Americanas), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1865)
- Nov 30 Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon and adventurer (established the first European settlement on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia), born in Hilltarvit Mains Farmhouse, Cupar, Fife, Scotland (d. 1873)
- Dec 1 Charles Philippe Lafont, French composer and violinist, born in Paris, France (d. 1839)
- Dec 11 David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland (d. 1868)
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40-49
50-59
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