Jan 1 William Beale, English composer and baritone, born in Lankrake, Cornwall, England (d. 1854)
Jan 27 Martin-Joseph Mengal, Belgian composer, conductor, and educator (Director of the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, 1835-51), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1851)
Jan 31 Carl Wilhelm Henning, German composer and conductor, born in Öls (d. 1867)
Feb 3 John Fane, British politician, diplomat (11th Earl of Westmoreland), and composer (Royal Academy of Music, 1830), born in Piccadilly, London, England (d. 1859)
Feb 27 Job Plimpton, American composer and organ builder, born in Medway, Massachusetts (d. 1863)
Apr 5 Louis Spohr, German violin virtuoso and composer (Faust), born in Braunschweig, Germany (d. 1859)
Jul 27 George Onslow, British-French composer, chiefly of chamber music, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France (d. 1853)
Sep 7 František Max Kníže, Czech composer, born in Drahelčice Czech Republic (d. 1840)
Oct 15 Thomas Hastings, American composer, born in Washington, Connecticut (d. 1872)
Nov 28 Ferdinand Ries, German pianist, composer, and Beethoven's secretary and copyist, baptized in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1838)
Dec 1 Castil-Blaze [François Henri Joseph Blaze], French composer and music critic, born in Cavaillon, France (d. 1857)