- Aug 7 James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)
- Aug 9 Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1778)
- Aug 26 Karl Kohaut, Austrian composer and lutenist, born in Vienna (d. 1784)
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