- Jan 23 Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (d. 1909)
- May 11 Ernst von Possart, German actor and theatre director (Bayerische Hoftheater), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1921)
- May 14 Sir Squire Bancroft [Butterfield], British actor and manager known for creating 'drawing-room comedy' (Haymarket), born in Rotherhithe, London (d. 1926)
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