- Jul 5 Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland, born in Chelsea, London (d. 1794)
- Jul 18 Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, born in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1808)
- Jul 31 John Canton, English physicist, born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1772)