Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)
Aug 7 American military leader (major general during the American Revolutionary War), born in Potowomut, Rhode Island
- Aug 14 Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), born in Marseille, France (d. 1802)
Pius VII (1742-1823)
Aug 14 Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), born in Cesena, Italy
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