Heshen (1750-1799)
Jul 1 Chinese politician and infamous Qing Dynasty court official considered the most corrupt official in Chinese history, born in Beijing, Qing Empire
- Jul 19 Alessio Prati, Italian composer, born in Ferrara, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1788)
Henry Knox (1750-1806)
Jul 25 American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) and 1st US Secretary of War (1785-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay
- Jul 28 Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)