- Dec 11 Pietro Antonio Coppola, Italian composer, born in Castrogiovanni, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1877)
- Dec 15 Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
- Dec 26 Franz Hünten, German pianist and composer, born in Koblenz, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1819)
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