Jan 9 Pavel Křížkovský, Czech choral composer and conductor (Sts. Cyril and Methodius), born in Kreuzendorf, Austrian Silesia (d. 1885)
Jan 23 Alexander Serov, Russian composer and music critic, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1871)
Feb 13 (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, born in Bártfa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bardejov, Slovakia) (d. 1882)
Feb 17 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1881)
Feb 29 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1887)
Mar 1 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, born in Harrow, England (d. 1901)
Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1900)
Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", born in Brewster, New York (d. 1915)
Apr 17 Gottfried Conradi, Norwegian composer, born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 1896)
May 22 Alexander Fesca, German pianist and composer (Piano Septets), born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1849)
Jun 18 Martin Andreas Udbye, Norwegian composer and organist, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1889)
Aug 3 Luther Orlando Emerson, American composer, born in Parsonsfield, Maine (d. 1915)
Aug 20 Adolphe Fétis, Belgian-French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1873)
Aug 24 Jacopo Tomadini, Italian composer, born in Cividale del Friuli, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom (now Italy) (d. 1883)
Aug 30 George Frederick Root, American songwriter (The Battle Cry of Freedom), born in Sheffield, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
Oct 1 Gustav Adolf Heinze, Dutch composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1904)
Oct 6 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1887)