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Born in 1679

41 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Woodes Rogers

    slave trader, governor

    1679–1732

    1679

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  2. Christian Wolff

    jurist, mathematician

    1679–1754 · aged 75

    February 3 · 1679

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

    military personnel, feudatory

    1679–1729 · aged 49

    September 11 · 1679

    Source: Genealogics

  4. Muhammad bin Saud

    politician

    1679–1765

    1679

    No external source identified

  5. Jan Dismas Zelenka

    conductor, double-bassist

    1679–1745 · aged 66

    October 16 · 1679

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. George Psalmanazar

    writer

    1679–1763

    1679

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  7. Empress Xiaojingxian

    1679–1731 · aged 52

    May 13 · 1679

    No external source identified

  8. Pierre Fauchard

    surgeon, dentist

    1679–1761 · aged 82

    January 2 · 1679

    Source: Base biographique

  9. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst*

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    October 13 · 1679

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Nian Gengyao

    politician

    1679–1726

    1679

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  11. James Anderson*

    university teacher, theologian

    Date disputed

    1679

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Neku Siyar

    1679–1723 · aged 43

    October 6 · 1679

    No external source identified

  13. Johann Georg Mozart

    bookbinder

    1679–1736 · aged 56

    May 4 · 1679

    Source: data.matricula-online.eu

  14. Antonio Farnese

    aristocrat

    1679–1731 · aged 51

    November 29 · 1679

    No external source identified

  15. Jean-François de Troy

    artist, painter

    1679–1752 · aged 72

    January 27 · 1679

    Source: GeneaStar

  16. Charles III William of Baden-Durlach

    margrave

    1679–1738 · aged 59

    January 28 · 1679

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  17. Pier Antonio Micheli

    botanist, mycologist

    1679–1737 · aged 57

    December 11 · 1679

    No external source identified

  18. Alexander Mack

    pastor, miller

    1679–1735 · aged 55

    July 27 · 1679

    No external source identified

  19. Abraham Petros I Ardzivian

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1679–1749 · aged 70

    April 12 · 1679

    No external source identified

  20. Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg

    lady-in-waiting

    1679–1704 · aged 25

    May 4 · 1679

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  21. Thomas Parnell

    translator, writer

    1679–1718 · aged 39

    September 11 · 1679

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  22. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried

    consort

    1679–1722 · aged 42

    March 8 · 1679

    No external source identified

  23. Pietro Filippo Scarlatti

    composer, organist

    1679–1750 · aged 71

    January 5 · 1679

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond

    landscape architect, architect

    1679–1719

    1679

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  25. Count Leopold Anton von Firmian*

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    May 27 · 1679

    Source: Firmian, Leopold Anton Eleutherius Graf von (BLKÖ)

  26. Francesco de Sanctis*

    architect

    Date disputed

    November 19 · 1679

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  27. Claude Poullart des Places

    Catholic priest

    1679–1709 · aged 30

    February 26 · 1679

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Firmin Abauzit*

    physicist, philosopher

    Date disputed

    November 12 · 1679

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  29. Jacques Cassard

    Officer of the French Navy, sea captain

    1679–1740 · aged 60

    September 30 · 1679

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Domenico Sarro

    composer

    1679–1744 · aged 64

    December 24 · 1679

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  31. Frederick William of Saxe-Meiningen

    aristocrat

    1679–1746 · aged 67

    February 16 · 1679

    Source: The Peerage

  32. Samuel von Cocceji

    politician, university teacher

    1679–1755 · aged 75

    October 20 · 1679

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. Carl Gyllenborg

    politician, poet

    1679–1746 · aged 67

    March 17 · 1679

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  34. Peder Horrebow

    physician, university teacher

    1679–1764 · aged 84

    May 14 · 1679

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  35. Thomas Philip Wallrad d'Alsace-Boussut de Chimay

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1679–1759 · aged 79

    November 12 · 1679

    No external source identified

  36. Seyyid Hasan Paşa

    writer, politician

    1679–1748

    1679

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  37. Faustina Maratti

    writer, painter

    1679–1745

    1679

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  38. Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    1679–1740 · aged 61

    August 7 · 1679

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Philipp Gerlach

    architect

    1679–1748 · aged 69

    July 24 · 1679

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  40. Giacomo Oddi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1679–1770 · aged 90

    November 11 · 1679

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  41. Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo

    Catholic priest, philosopher

    1679–1744 · aged 65

    January 6 · 1679

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

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