Jan 14 Johannes Josephus Viotta, Dutch physician and composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1859)
Jan 21 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), born in London, England (d. 1856)
Feb 21 Nicolo Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1891)
Feb 22 Oskar Kolberg, Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer (Lud), born in Przysucha, Poland (d. 1890)
Mar 3 Charles Kensington Salaman, British pianist and synagogue music composer, born in London, England (d. 1901)
Mar 16 Guildo Alary, Italian-born French composer, born in Mantua, (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy (d. 1891)
Apr 21 Béni Egressy, Hungarian composer, librettist, and actor, born in Kazincbarcika, Hungary (d. 1851)
May 9 Adolf von Henselt, German composer, born in Schwabach, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1889)
Jul 2 Thérèse Wartel, French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1865)
Jul 3 Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, born in Rauna parish, Russian Empire (d. 1881)
Aug 10 Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1880)
Sep 17 Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti, Italian composer (Pergolese), and educator (Milan Conservatory, 1850-81), born in Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1882)
Nov 6 Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician and instrument inventor (saxophone, saxtromba, saxtuba), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1894)
Dec 1 August Rockel, German composer, born in Graz (d. 1876)