Jan 8 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Swiss pianist, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1871)
Jan 8 William Henry Holmes, English composer, born in Sudbury, England (d. 1885)
Jan 14 Carl Gradener, German composer, born in Rostock, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1883)
Feb 19 Lauro Rossi, Italian composer (I falsi monetari), born in Macerata, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1885)
Feb 29 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer and music critic, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
Mar 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1886)
Mar 11 William Vincent Wallace, Irish-American violinist (known as the 'Australian Paganini'), and composer (Maritana), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1865)
Apr 6 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, Russian composer and teacher, born in Borisk-ovka, Russia (d. 1885)
Apr 23 Louis-Antoine Jullien, French conductor, born in Sisteron, France (d. 1860)
Apr 27 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer, born in Teutendorf, Duchy of Mecklenburg (d. 1883)
May 14 Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, born in Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1883)
May 20 Gustav Mankell, Moravian-Swedish organist and composer, born in Christiansfeld, Denmark (d. 1880)
Jun 8 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer, born in Brno, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire 1865)
Jun 8 Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer, born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1896)
Jun 21 Félix Danjou, French church organist, arranger, music teacher, organ builder, and political journalist, born in Paris, France (d. 1866)
Jun 27 John Pike Hullah, English composer, born in Worcester, England (d. 1884)
Nov 28 Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, Norwegian organist, composer, musical folklorist, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1887)
Dec 15 Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1897)
Dec 18 Wiktor Kazynski, Polish composer, born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (d. 1867)
Dec 20 Achille Peri, Italian composer and conductor, born in Reggio Emilia, Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) (d. 1880)
Dec 23 William Hauser, American composer and minister, born in Bethania, North Carolina (d. 1880)
Dec 24 Henry Russell, English pianist and composer, born in Sheerness, England (d. 1900)
Dec 26 Wilhelm Volkmar, German composer, born in Bad Hersfeld, Germany (d. 1887)
Dec 28 Julius Reitz, German cellist, composer, teacher, and music editor, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)