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=== August ===
* [[August 1]]
** [[George Pritchard (missionary)|George Pritchard]], British Christian missionary and diplomat (d. [[1883]])
** [[François Désiré Roulin]], French explorer and scientist (d. [[1874]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[Ferdinand Helias]], American priest (d. [[1874]])
** [[Anna Lühring]], Prussian soldier (d. [[1866]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Samuel Cahen]], French Hebraist and journalist (d. [[1862]])
* [[August 5]]
** [[Michael Banim]], Irish writer (d. [[1874]])
** [[Francisco Gómez (Salvadoran politician)|Francisco Gómez]], President of El Salvador (d. [[1838]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Ludwig von Zanth]], German architect and painter (d. [[1857]])
* [[August 7]]
** [[John Boyd (Texas politician)|John Boyd]], American settler in Texas and state senator (d. [[1873]])
** [[François Zola]], French engineer (d. [[1847]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Ezra Durgin]], politician (d. [[1863]])
* [[August 13]]
** [[Pierre Beaubien]], Canadian politician (d. [[1881]])
** [[Carl August Buchholz]], organ builder (d. [[1884]])
** [[Robert Halley (minister)|Robert Halley]], British minister (d. [[1876]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[James Gerry]], American politician (d. [[1873]])
** [[Juan Temple]], American landowner (d. [[1866]])
* [[August 15]]
** [[Samuel C. Sample]], American politician (d. [[1855]])
** [[John Torrey]], United States botanist (d. [[1873]])
* [[August 16]]
** [[Nathaniel Boyden]], American politician (d. [[1873]])
** [[Frédéric de Courcy]], French man of letters (d. [[1862]])
** [[Francis Crozier]], Irish naval officer and polar explorer (d. [[1848]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Rufus Anderson]], American minister (d. [[1880]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Agnes Strickland]], English writer and editor (d. [[1874]])
* [[August 21]]
** [[Hugh Archer (politician)|Hugh Archer]], American politician (d. [[1858]])
** [[William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield]], British politician (d. [[1824]])
** [[Asher Brown Durand]], American painter and engraver (d. [[1886]])
** [[Hermann Olshausen]], German theologian (d. [[1839]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[David Canabarro]], Brazilian [[Gaúcho]] revolutionary (d. [[1867]])
** [[Baden Powell (mathematician)|Baden Powell]], mathematician (d. [[1860]])
** [[Dhian Singh]], longest serving wazir of the Sikh Empire (d. [[1843]])
* [[August 24]] – [[George Huntington (Steuben County, NY)|George Huntington]], American farmer and politician from New York (d. [[1866]])
* [[August 25]]
** [[Edwin Beard Budding]], inventor of the lawnmower and adjustable spanner (d. [[1846]])
** [[James Lick]], American businessman, piano builder (d. [[1876]])
** [[Friedrich Ludwig Meissner]], German obstetrician (d. [[1860]])
* [[August 26]]
** [[Nicol Hugh Baird]], British surveyor (d. [[1849]])
** [[William Marshall (1796–1872)|William Marshall]], English politician (d. [[1872]])
** [[Peter von Meyendorff]], Russian diplomat (d. [[1863]])
* [[August 27]]
** [[Joanna Quiner]], American seamstress and sculptor (d. [[1868]])
** [[Sophia Smith (Smith College)|Sophia Smith]], founder of Smith College (d. [[1870]])
* [[August 28]]
** [[William Hiley Bathurst]], British hymnwriter (d. [[1877]])
** [[Irénée-Jules Bienaymé]], French mathematician (d. [[1878]])
** [[Andreas Hallager]], Danish composer (d. [[1853]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Gaspard Théodore Mollien]], French diplomat and explorer (d. [[1872]])
* [[August 30]]
** [[Julien-Léopold Boilly]], painter (d. [[1874]])
** [[Émile Debraux]], French chansonnier and poet (d. [[1831]])