- Oct 3 Cipriani Potter, British pianist and composer, born in London (d. 1871)
- Oct 3 Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central America, born in Tegucigalpa, Guatemala, New Spain (d. 1842)
- Oct 5 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer, born in Warrington, England (d. 1844)
- Oct 12 Christian Gmelin, German chemist, born in Tübingen, Germany (d. 1860)
- Oct 13 Moritz Hauptmann, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1868)
- Oct 20 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, German composer and flutist, born in Münster (d. 1852)
- Oct 20 Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, British army officer (Opium Wars, Sepoy-uprising), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1863)