- Jul 22 Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer and mathematician (star parallax, Bessel functions), born in Minden, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1846)
- Jul 27 Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1839)
- Jul 27 George Onslow, British-French composer, chiefly of chamber music, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France (d. 1853)
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