Births
- 25 January - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (died 1852)
- 17 February - Frederick William Beechey, explorer (died 1856)
- 28 February - Pablo Fanque, black circus owner, popularized by The Beatles in song (died 1871)
- 27 June - George Vincent, painter (died 1831)
- 13 September - James Finlay Weir Johnston, chemist (died 1855)
- 14 September - Woodbine Parish, diplomat (died 1882)
- 22 August - Baden Powell, mathematician (died 1860)
- 17 October - James Matheson, Member of Parliament (died 1878)
- December (approximate date) - William Banting, undertaker and dietician (died 1878)
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