Jan 3 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, born in Zoerle-Parwijs, Belgium (d. 1881)
Jan 5 William Rockstro [Rackstraw], English musicologist, arranger, and composer, born in North Cheam, Surrey, England (d. 1895)
Jan 21 Alexandre Goria, French pianist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1860)
Jan 27 Édouard Lalo, French composer (Symphonie Espagnole; Le roi d'Ys), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
Feb 7 Richard Genee, Austrian playwright, librettist, and composer, born in Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1895)
Mar 16 William Henry Monk, English composer and organist (Eventide), born in London, England (d. 1889)
May 17 Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, English contralto and composer, born in London (d. 1885)
Jun 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1891)
Aug 3 Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en El Poder), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1894)
Aug 7 Faustina Hasse Hodges, English-American composer, born in Malmesbury, England (d. 1895)
Aug 14 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), born in Ghent (d. 1889)
Aug 26 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer and voice teacher, born in Warsaw (d. 1887)
Sep 10 Adolf von Doss, German sacred music composer and Jesuit priest, born in Pfarrkirchen, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1886)
Oct 13 Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1894)
Oct 21 Emilio Arrieta, Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (Marina), born in Puente la Reina, Spain (d. 1894)
Nov 4 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, born in Netěchovice, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1893) [1]
Nov 26 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1874)
Dec 1 Ernest Reyer, French opera composer, born in Marseilles, France (d. 1909)
Dec 10 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, German composer, born in Neukirchen, Germany (d. 1903)
Dec 10 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1912)
Dec 15 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1896)
Dec 23 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, Romanian composer, born in Iaşi, Romania (d. 1898)