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Born in 1683

47 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. George II of Great Britain*

    monarch, aristocrat

    Date disputed

    November 10 · 1683

    Source: Find a Grave

  2. Philip V of Spain

    politician, art collector

    1683–1746 · aged 62

    December 19 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  3. Caroline of Ansbach*

    regent, consort

    Date disputed

    March 1 · 1683

    Source: Find a Grave

  4. Jean-Philippe Rameau

    theorist, composer

    1683–1764 · aged 80

    September 25 · 1683

    Source: La France savante

  5. Tsangyang Gyatso

    poet, writer

    1683–1706 · aged 23

    March 1 · 1683

    No external source identified

  6. Jonathan Wild

    criminal

    1683–1725 · aged 42

    May 6 · 1683

    No external source identified

  7. Maria Anna of Austria

    regent

    1683–1754 · aged 70

    September 7 · 1683

    Source: Find a Grave

  8. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

    regent

    1683–1742 · aged 59

    July 30 · 1683

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

    aristocrat, courtier

    1683–1757 · aged 73

    October 25 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  10. Edward Young

    playwright, literary critic

    1683–1765 · aged 81

    July 3 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. James Gibbs

    architect

    1683–1754 · aged 71

    January 2 · 1683

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  12. John Theophilus Desaguliers*

    translator, philosopher

    Date disputed

    March 12 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Christoph Graupner

    composer, harpsichordist

    1683–1760 · aged 77

    January 13 · 1683

    Source: Musicalics

  14. Burkhard Christoph von Münnich*

    engineer, count

    Date disputed

    May 19 · 1683

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  15. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

    beekeeper, physicist

    1683–1757 · aged 74

    February 28 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  16. Mark Catesby

    ornithologist, scientific collector

    1683–1749 · aged 66

    March 24 · 1683

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  17. Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk

    1683–1732 · aged 49

    December 11 · 1683

    Source: The Peerage

  18. Gottfried Silbermann

    organ builder, piano maker

    1683–1753 · aged 70

    January 14 · 1683

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  19. Johann David Heinichen

    jurist, lawyer

    1683–1729 · aged 46

    April 17 · 1683

    Source: Discogs

  20. Antoine Pesne*

    painter

    Date disputed

    May 29 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  21. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

    fresco painter, draftsperson

    1683–1754

    February 13 · 1683

    No external source identified

  22. Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy

    1683–1763 · aged 80

    September 11 · 1683

    Source: The Peerage

  23. Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

    military writer, general field marshal

    1683–1744 · aged 60

    November 30 · 1683

    Source: Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas Graf (BLKÖ)

  24. Carlo Bergonzi

    violin maker, luthier

    1683–1747 · aged 63

    December 21 · 1683

    No external source identified

  25. Henry Mill

    engineer, inventor

    1683–1771

    1683

    No external source identified

  26. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    1683–1756 · aged 73

    May 15 · 1683

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Conyers Middleton

    writer, librarian

    1683–1750 · aged 66

    December 27 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  28. Anne Oldfield

    actor

    1683–1730 · aged 47

    January 1 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Lorenz Heister

    physician, surgeon

    1683–1758 · aged 74

    September 19 · 1683

    Source: SNAC

  30. Miyagawa Chōshun

    ukiyo-e artist, artist

    1683–1753

    1683

    Source: Artnet

  31. Giovanni Poleni

    university teacher, astronomer

    1683–1761 · aged 78

    August 23 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Jean-Pierre Christin

    astronomer, mathematician

    1683–1755 · aged 71

    May 31 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Étienne Fourmont

    professor

    1683–1745 · aged 62

    June 23 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Elizabeth Elstob

    feminist, linguist

    1683–1756 · aged 72

    October 9 · 1683

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  35. Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg

    writer, bibliophile

    1683–1767 · aged 83

    September 12 · 1683

    Source: Genealogics

  36. Pavel Yaguzhinsky

    diplomat, politician

    1683–1736

    1683

    Source: Q87326153

  37. Anton thor Helle

    cleric, writer

    1683–1748 · aged 64

    October 18 · 1683

    No external source identified

  38. Bernardo De Dominici

    writer, art historian

    1683–1759 · aged 75

    December 13 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Gao Fenghan

    painter, poet

    1683–1749

    1683

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  40. Anna Maria Thelott

    illustrator, painter

    1683–1710

    1683

    Source: Alvin

  41. Erdmann II of Promnitz

    aristocrat, minister

    1683–1745

    August 22 · 1683

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1683–1774 · aged 90

    July 26 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Pieter Langendijk

    historian, poet

    1683–1756 · aged 72

    July 25 · 1683

    Source: RKDartists

  44. Paghtasar Dpir

    scientist, publisher

    1683–1768 · aged 84

    June 7 · 1683

    No external source identified

  45. Stefano Lomellini

    politician

    1683–1753

    1683

    No external source identified

  46. Domenico Canevaro

    politician

    1683–1745 · aged 61

    August 5 · 1683

    No external source identified

  47. Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

    feudatory, pietist

    1683–1745 · aged 62

    August 18 · 1683

    Source: The Peerage

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