- Jul 5 Jack Broughton, English bare knuckle boxer (Champion of England 1736-50; published first boxing code), born in Cirencester, England (d. 1789)
- Jul 15 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologist and missionary (organized Moravian Church in North America), born in Klettenberg (d. 1792)
- Jul 16 John Kay, English inventor (developed the flying shuttle), born in Lancashire, England (d. around 1779)
- Jul 31 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1752)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90