- Aug 19 Anthony van Haersolte, Dutch politician and member of Executing Regime, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1830)
- Aug 20 Bernardo Bittoni, Italian composer, born in Fabriano, Italy (d. 1829)
- Aug 29 Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1845)
- Aug 29 Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer, born in Żnin, Poland (d. 1830)
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