- Feb 24 Johanna Barbiers, Dutch actress (Voddenraper of Paris), born in Zaandam, The Netherlands (d. 1927)
- Mar 3 Adelaide Neilson, English stage actress (The Hunchback), born in Leeds, England (d. 1880)
- Sep 4 Jennie Lee, American actress (The Birth of a Nation), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1925)