Births
- 25 January
- Francis Burdett, politician (died 1844)
- James Hogg, poet and novelist (died 1835)
- 2 February - George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, nobleman, soldier and politician (died 1836)
- 11 March - William Huskisson, Member of Parliament (died 1830)
- 7 April - William Wordsworth, poet (died 1850)
- 11 April - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1827)
- 30 April - David Thompson, British-Canadian explorer (died 1857)
- 7 June - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1828)
- 13 December - John Clarke Whitfield, organist and composer (died 1836)
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