- Jan 3 Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1869)
- Jan 4 Benjamin Lundy, American Quaker abolitionist and philanthropist, born in Hardwick Township, New Jersey (d. 1839)
- Jan 17 August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
- Feb 1 Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard, French violist, composer and conductor, born in Paris, France (d. 1861)
- Feb 8 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German composer and pianist, born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1878)
- Feb 9 Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
- Feb 15 Friedrich Fesca, German violinist, and composer, born in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1826)
- Feb 27 Justus Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian writer, poet (Rhymes & Tales), lexicographer and linguist, and minister, born in Grou, Frisia, Dutch Republic (d. 1869)
- Mar 4 Pavel Gagarin, Russian politician (d. 1872)
Georg Ohm (1789-1854)
Mar 16 German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), born in Erlangen, Bavaria
- Mar 17 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833)
- May 25 Simon Paap, Dutch dwarf (71 cm/28 inches tall) cabaret artist, born in Zandvoort, Holland (d. 1828)
- May 28 Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange), born in Torkilstrup, Denmark (d. 1862)
- Jun 15 Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
- Jun 27 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, German composer, born in Weinstadt, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1860)
- Jun 30 Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, born in Paris (d. 1863)
- Jul 6 María Isabella of Spain, Queen of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), born in Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain (d. 1848)
- Jul 19 John Martin, English painter and engraver, born in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England (d. 1854)
- Aug 9 Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, French harpist, composer, forger, and bigamist, born in Montmédy, France (d. 1856)
- Aug 21 Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, born in Paris (d. 1857)
- Aug 26 Abbas Mirza, Crown Prince of Qājār dynasty of Iran, introduced Western military techniques, born in Nava, Mazandaran (d. 1833)
- Aug 28 Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, born in Versailles, France (d. 1860)
- Sep 1 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German composer and harpist, born in the Free Imperial City of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1868)
- Sep 3 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
- Sep 9 William Cranch Bond, American astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion), born in Falmouth, Maine (d. 1859)
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
Sep 15 1st major American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans), born in Burlington, New Jersey
- Sep 28 Richard Bright, English physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis), born in Bristol, England (d. 1858)
- Oct 3 Francis Gregory, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1866)
- Oct 8 John Ruggles, American politician, born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1874)
- Oct 8 William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist, born in Newington, London (d. 1855)
- Oct 14 Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium (d. 1865)
- Oct 16 William Burton, Governor of Delaware (1859-63) (d. 1866)
- Oct 18 Giovanni Tadolini, Italian conductor and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1872)
- Oct 24 Jean Chrétien Baud, Dutch gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1859)
- Oct 24 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, born in Tàrrega, Catalonia (d. 1855)
- Oct 26 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1863)
- Oct 28 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, born in Neu Giersdorff, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1864)
- Nov 13 Jean Martin de Ron, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1817)
- Dec 8 John Fawcett, English sacred music composer, born in Wennington, Lancahire, England (d. 1867)
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)
Dec 14 Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland [1]
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