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Born in 1686

40 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

    inventor, physicist

    1686–1736 · aged 50

    May 24 · 1686

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  2. Nanny of the Maroons

    freedom fighter, resistance fighter

    1686–1760

    1686

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Edward England

    pirate

    1686–1720

    1686

    No external source identified

  4. Hans Egede

    parson, linguist

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1686

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  5. Charles of France, Duke of Berry

    aristocrat

    1686–1714

    August 31 · 1686

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Senesino

    opera singer, stage actor

    1686–1758 · aged 72

    October 31 · 1686

    No external source identified

  7. Nicola Porpora

    composer, music educator

    1686–1768 · aged 81

    August 17 · 1686

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  8. Benedetto Marcello

    poet, teacher

    1686–1739 · aged 53

    July 24 · 1686

    Source: IMDb

  9. William Law

    priest, theologian

    Date disputed

    1686

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  10. Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    lutenist, composer

    Date disputed

    1686

    Source: Muziekweb

  11. Okumura Masanobu

    xylographer, artist

    Date disputed

    1686

    Source: collections.artsmia.org

  12. Jean-Baptiste Oudry

    etcher, painter

    1686–1755 · aged 69

    March 17 · 1686

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  13. Vasily Tatishchev

    geographer, economist

    1686–1750 · aged 64

    April 29 · 1686

    Source: Dictionary of Russian Writers of XVIII century. Volume III

  14. Cosmas Damian Asam

    painter, architect

    Date disputed

    September 28 · 1686

    Source: data.matricula-online.eu

  15. Allan Ramsay

    bookseller, librettist

    Date disputed

    October 15 · 1686

    No external source identified

  16. Domenico Montagnana

    luthier

    1686–1750 · aged 63

    June 24 · 1686

    No external source identified

  17. William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    ruler

    1686–1723 · aged 36

    January 8 · 1686

    No external source identified

  18. Ahmed Karamanli

    pasha

    1686–1745

    1686

    No external source identified

  19. Andrey Osterman

    diplomat, politician

    Date disputed

    June 9 · 1686

    Source: Q20656495

  20. Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine

    aristocrat

    1686–1710 · aged 24

    February 1 · 1686

    No external source identified

  21. Fath Ali Khan Qajar

    politician, military leader

    1686–1726

    1686

    No external source identified

  22. Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga

    aristocrat

    1686–1741 · aged 54

    November 13 · 1686

    No external source identified

  23. Giacomo Leoni

    architect

    1686–1746

    1686

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  24. Chakdor Namgyal

    politician

    1686–1717

    1686

    No external source identified

  25. Antoine de Jussieu

    botanical collector, physician

    1686–1758 · aged 71

    July 6 · 1686

    Source: SNAC

  26. George Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz

    aristocrat, general field marshal

    1686–1755 · aged 69

    August 10 · 1686

    Source: Lobkowitz, Johann Georg Christian Fürst (BLKÖ)

  27. Ignatius of Santhià

    Catholic priest

    1686–1770 · aged 84

    June 5 · 1686

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  28. Giovanni Battista Somis

    conductor, violinist

    1686–1763

    December 25 · 1686

    Source: SNAC

  29. Jan Frederik Gronovius

    botanist, botanical collector

    Date disputed

    February 10 · 1686

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Carlo Carlone

    copper engraver, painter

    1686–1775

    1686

    Source: RKDartists

  31. Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    monarch

    1686–1752 · aged 66

    June 7 · 1686

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Adam Christian Thebesius

    anatomist

    1686–1732 · aged 46

    January 12 · 1686

    Source: Who Named It?

  33. Li Shan

    painter, politician

    1686–1762

    1686

    Source: NMVW-collection website

  34. Albert Schultens

    parson, orientalist

    1686–1750 · aged 63

    August 22 · 1686

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  35. Agostino Cornacchini

    painter, sculptor

    1686–1754

    August 27 · 1686

    Source: Cornacchini, Agostino

  36. Wang Shishen

    painter, calligrapher

    1686–1759

    1686

    Source: Artnet

  37. Jacques de Lajoue

    painter, illustrator

    Date disputed

    1686

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  38. Elena Balletti

    actor, playwright

    1686–1771 · aged 85

    April 27 · 1686

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Aloysius Centurione

    Catholic priest, scholar

    1686–1757 · aged 71

    August 29 · 1686

    No external source identified

  40. José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1686–1758 · aged 71

    December 25 · 1686

    No external source identified

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