- Aug 2 Jose Angel Lamas, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1814)
- Aug 6 Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician, born in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland (d. 1847)
- Aug 6 Louis Antoine, French Duke of Angoulême and General of France, born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1844)
- Aug 17 Philippe Libon, Spanish composer, born in Cadiz, Spain (d. 1838)
- Aug 26 William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
- Aug 28 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, born in Paris (d. 1819)
- Aug 31 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, French classical guitarist and composer, born in Perpignan, France (d. 1849)