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Born in 1688

53 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Nader Shah

    politician, military leader

    Date disputed

    October 22 · 1688

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  2. Alexander Pope

    literary historian, poet

    Date disputed

    May 31 · 1688

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  3. James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales

    pretender

    1688–1766 · aged 77

    June 10 · 1688

    Source: SNAC

  4. Emmanuel Swedenborg

    mystic, poet

    Date disputed

    February 8 · 1688

    No external source identified

  5. Stede Bonnet

    privateer, pirate

    1688–1718 · aged 30

    July 29 · 1688

    No external source identified

  6. Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia

    monarch

    1688–1740 · aged 51

    August 14 · 1688

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  7. Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden

    artist

    1688–1741 · aged 53

    January 23 · 1688

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  8. Gyeongjong of Joseon

    Date disputed

    October 28 · 1688

    No external source identified

  9. Jai Singh II

    king

    1688–1743 · aged 54

    November 3 · 1688

    No external source identified

  10. Maria Luisa of Savoy

    queen, politician

    1688–1714 · aged 25

    September 17 · 1688

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  11. Juraj Jánošík

    1688–1713 · aged 25

    January 25 · 1688

    No external source identified

  12. Giuseppe Castiglione

    artist, draftsperson

    1688–1766 · aged 77

    July 19 · 1688

    Source: RKDartists

  13. Pierre de Marivaux

    poet, novelist

    1688–1763

    February 4 · 1688

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  14. Antonio Corradini

    sculptor

    Date disputed

    October 19 · 1688

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  15. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

    politician

    1688–1765 · aged 77

    February 7 · 1688

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  16. Johann Friedrich Fasch

    composer, organist

    1688–1758 · aged 70

    April 15 · 1688

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  17. Marie Victoire de Noailles

    arch nobility, lady-in-waiting

    1688–1766 · aged 78

    May 6 · 1688

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  18. Domenico Zipoli

    harpsichordist, organist

    1688–1726 · aged 37

    October 17 · 1688

    Source: SNAC

  19. Willem 's Gravesande

    mathematician, naturalist

    Date disputed

    September 26 · 1688

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  20. François Lemoyne

    teacher, lawyer

    1688–1737

    1688

    Source: NUKAT

  21. Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

    politician

    1688–1765 · aged 77

    January 18 · 1688

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  22. Manchester Mummy

    1688–1758

    1688

    No external source identified

  23. Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

    professor, translator

    1688–1768 · aged 80

    April 4 · 1688

    Source: SNAC

  24. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    statesperson, ruler

    1688–1735 · aged 46

    June 19 · 1688

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. William Cheselden

    physician, anatomist

    1688–1752 · aged 63

    October 19 · 1688

    Source: SNAC

  26. Lewis Theobald

    editor, librettist

    1688–1744 · aged 56

    April 2 · 1688

    Source: The Women’s Print History Project

  27. Abu l-Hasan Ali I

    head of state, politician

    Date disputed

    June 30 · 1688

    No external source identified

  28. Louis Bertrand Castel

    scientist, theologian

    1688–1757

    November 15 · 1688

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  29. Antoniotto Botta Adorno

    diplomat, politician

    1688–1774

    1688

    Source: Botta-Adorno, Anton Otto Marquis (BLKÖ)

  30. Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent

    composer

    1688–1720

    July 6 · 1688

    No external source identified

  31. Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

    aristocrat

    1688–1739 · aged 51

    August 12 · 1688

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Richard Bradley

    university teacher, horticulturist

    1688–1732

    1688

    Source: Project Gutenberg

  33. Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu

    poet, dervish

    Date disputed

    1688

    No external source identified

  34. Ferdinand Brokoff

    sculptor, carver

    1688–1731 · aged 42

    September 12 · 1688

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  35. François Robichon de La Guérinière

    dressage rider, historian

    1688–1751 · aged 63

    May 8 · 1688

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Mikhail Zemtsov

    architect

    1688–1743

    1688

    Source: reference.com

  37. Antonio Visentini

    architect, painter

    1688–1782 · aged 93

    November 21 · 1688

    Source: SNAC

  38. Egidio Forcellini

    lexicographer, Catholic priest

    1688–1768

    August 26 · 1688

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  39. Nicolas Fréret

    sinologist, historian

    1688–1749 · aged 61

    February 15 · 1688

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Augustin Friedrich Walther

    botanist, physician

    1688–1746 · aged 57

    October 26 · 1688

    No external source identified

  41. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

    geographer, cartographer

    1688–1766

    1688

    Source: SNAC

  42. Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

    aristocrat

    1688–1731 · aged 43

    February 5 · 1688

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin

    diplomat

    1688–1760 · aged 71

    September 17 · 1688

    Source: Q24346529

  44. Noël-Antoine Pluche

    biologist, writer

    1688–1761 · aged 73

    November 13 · 1688

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

    chamberlain, military personnel

    1688–1750 · aged 61

    September 1 · 1688

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  46. Johann Georg Bergmüller

    fresco painter, university teacher

    1688–1762

    April 15 · 1688

    Source: RKDartists

  47. Louis August le Clerc

    sculptor

    1688–1771 · aged 82

    November 30 · 1688

    Source: RKDartists

  48. Gao Xiang

    painter, cutter

    1688–1753

    1688

    Source: Trove

  49. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    aristocrat

    1688–1748 · aged 59

    April 19 · 1688

    Source: The Peerage

  50. Heinrich Bernhard Rupp

    botanist

    1688–1719 · aged 30

    August 27 · 1688

    No external source identified

  51. Giulio Pontedera

    entomologist, botanist

    1688–1757 · aged 69

    May 7 · 1688

    Source: BnF authorities

  52. Alexander Hamilton

    sea captain, privateer

    1688–1732

    1688

    No external source identified

  53. John Louis II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

    aristocrat

    1688–1746 · aged 58

    June 23 · 1688

    Source: BnF authorities

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