Jan 12 Hippolyte Monpou, French organist and opera composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1841)
Jan 14 John Park, Scottish composer and minister, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 1865)
Jan 16 Karl August Krebs, German conductor and composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1880)
Feb 2 Leopold Eugen Mechura, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1870)
Feb 5 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem "Maamme"), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877)
Mar 14 Johann Strauss the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March), born in Leopoldstadt, Austria (d. 1849)
Mar 30 Salomon Sulzer, Austrian Jewish composer (synagogue music), born in Hohenem, Austria (d. 1890)
Apr 4 Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, born in Bučovice, Moravia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1857)
May 31 Louise Farrenc (née Dumont), French pianist, composer and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory during the 19th century, born in Paris, France (d. 1875)
Jun 1 Mikhail Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), born in Novospasskoye, Smolensk, Russian Empire (d. 1857) [birth OS=May 20]
Jun 6 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1861)
Oct 10 Albin Masek, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1878)
Nov 27 Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1885)