Jan 5 Kaspar Ett, German organist and composer, born in Eresing, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1847)
Jan 8 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Royal Swedish Academy of Music), born on Föllingsö, Östergötland (d. 1870)
Jan 13 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, German composer, born in Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1854)
Feb 10 Johann Peter Pixis, German pianist and composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1874)
Feb 25 Mateo Ferrer, Spanish composer and organist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1864)
Apr 12 Johan Erik Nordblom, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1848)
Aug 20 José Bernardo Alcedo, Peruvian composer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1878)
Aug 26 Aloys Schmitt, German pianist, composer and music theorist (Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16), born in Erlenbach am Main, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1866)
Oct 11 Simon Sechter, Austrian composer and music theorist, born in Frymburk, Bohemia (d. 1867)
Oct 20 Philip Knapton, English composer and organist (Caller Herrin), born in York, England (d. 1833)
Nov 11 Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1856)
Dec 18 Camille Pleyel, Austrian pianist, piano manufacturer, and music publisher, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1855)