- Jan 16 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, British actor and theatre director (Kathleen), born in London, England (d. 1937)
- May 2 Marie Verstraete, Belgian actress (Mooi Juultje van Volendam, Frou Frou), born in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (d. 1928)
- May 30 Andries Andre, Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major) (d. 1890)
- Jul 23 William Gillette, American stage and silent film actor (Sherlock Holmes), and playwright (Secret Service), born in Hartford, Connecticut, (d. 1937)
- Jul 29 Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1937)
- Oct 13 Lillie Langtry (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton), British-American artists' model, stage actress (His Neighbor's Wife), theatrical producer, thoroughbred owner, and socialite, born in St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands (d. 1929)
- Oct 13 Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress and wife of Piet Vink Senior (d. 1949)
- Nov 13 John Drew Jr., American Shakespearean actor (The Big Bonanza), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1927)
- Dec 13 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao musician, composer and poet, born in Curacao (d. 1911)
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