Editing 1719 (section)

=== August ===
* [[August 4]] – [[Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist)|Johann Gottlob Lehmann]], German and Russian mineralogist (d. [[1767]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Robert Glynn]], British doctor (d. [[1800]])
* [[August 7]]
** [[Francisco Fabián y Fuero]], Roman Catholic archbishop (d. [[1801]])
** [[Jabez Huntington (colonist)|Jabez Huntington]], American businessman 1719–1786 (d. [[1786]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Philip Thicknesse]], author (d. [[1792]])
* [[August 11]] – [[George Selwyn (politician)|George Selwyn]], British politician (d. [[1791]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Itakura Katsuzumi]], Japanese samurai (d. [[1769]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor]], Irish politician and peer (d. [[1781]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec]], French soldier, diplomat (d. [[1781]])
* [[August 20]]
** [[James Bonner (Patriot)|James Bonner]], American colonel (d. [[1782]])
** [[Christian Mayer (astronomer)|Christian Mayer]], Czech-German astronomer (d. [[1783]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Pierre Poivre]], French horticulturalist (d. [[1786]])
* [[August 25]]
** [[Louis-Alexandre de Cessart]], French engineer (d. [[1806]])
** [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]], French painter (d. [[1795]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Carlo Sebastiano Berardi]], Italian jurist (d. [[1768]])