Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Jul 4 American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts
- Jul 10 Emma Smith, Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Harmony Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
- Jul 14 Ludwig von Benedek, Hungarian born Austrian general (battle of Königgrätz), born in Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary Empire (d. 1881)
- Jul 20 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), born in Lancaster, England (d. 1892)
- Jul 22 Victor Schoelcher, French writer (abolitionism), born in Paris (d. 1893)
- Jul 25 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1880)
- Jul 28 Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), born in Landshut, Bavaria (d. 1872)
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