Births
- January 5 – Robert Morrison, Scottish Protestant missionary to China (d. 1834)
- January 18 – Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
- March 4 – Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
- March 13 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility (d. 1863)
- March 18 – John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- July 3 – Pierre Berthier, French geologist (d. 1861)
- July 26 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
- October 27 – Nicolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
- November 1 – Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859)
- December 5 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
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- Charlotte Dacre, English author (d. 1842)
- William Miller, American preacher (d. 1849)
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