- Jul 17 (Johan) August Söderman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1876)
- Jul 24 Johann Christoph Lauterbach, German violinist and concert master, born in Kulmbach, Germany (d. 1918)
- Jul 25 Simon Hassler, German-American composer, born in Bavaria, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1901)