Jan 9 William Jackson of Masham, English composer and organist, born in Masham, Yorkshire (d. 1866)
Jan 16 Adolph Trube, German organist, teacher and composer, born in Waldenburg, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1857)
Jan 22 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, Dutch-British pianist, composer, composer, and writer (Wagner As I Knew Him), born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1891)
Mar 2 Antonio Buzzolla, Italian composer, born in Adria, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (d. 1871)
Mar 4 Mykhailo Verbytsky, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer (Prostachka; The State Anthem of Ukraine), born in Nadsyannia, Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1870)
Mar 14 Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880)
Mar 30 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1854)
Apr 6 Robert Volkmann, German composer and pedagogue, born in Lommatzsch, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1883)
Apr 12 Henry Hugo Pierson, English composer, born in Oxford, England (d. 1873)
May 8 Jean-Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer, born in Bayonne, France (d. 1888)
Jun 6 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, Portuguese violinist, hornist and composer (Adoração ao Sol), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1860)
Jun 19 John William Glover, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1899)
Sep 4 Mihály Mosonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Boldogasszony, Austria-Hungary (d. 1870)
Sep 5 Karl Wilhelm, German composer, born in Schmalkalden, Electorate of Hesse (now in Thuringia, Germany (d. 1873)
Sep 17 Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger), born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1868)
Oct 25 Ernesto Camillo Sivori, Italian violinist and composer, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1894)
Oct 25 Philipp Fahrbach the Elder, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1885)
Oct 29 Dan Emmett, American composer, born in Mount Vernon, Ohio (d. 1904)
Nov 3 Adrien Louis Boieldieu, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1883)
Dec 22 Lucien Petipa, French ballet dancer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1898)
Dec 25 Temistocle Solera, Italian opera composer, born in Ferrara, Austrian Empire (d. 1878)