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Born in 1697

54 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Anne Bonny*

    pirate

    Date disputed

    1697

    Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

  2. William Hogarth

    printmaker, painter

    1697–1764

    November 10 · 1697

    Source: Discogs

  3. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

    sovereign

    1697–1745 · aged 47

    August 6 · 1697

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Giovanni Antonio Canal*

    etcher, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    October 18 · 1697

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  5. George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

    admiral, travel writer

    1697–1762 · aged 65

    April 23 · 1697

    Source: Kindred Britain

  6. Mahmud Hotaki

    politician

    1697–1725

    1697

    No external source identified

  7. Peter August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

    aristocrat, general field marshal

    1697–1775 · aged 77

    December 7 · 1697

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

    sovereign

    1697–1764 · aged 66

    September 25 · 1697

    Source: The Peerage

  9. John Peter Zenger

    publisher, journalist

    1697–1746 · aged 48

    October 26 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  10. Louise Hippolyte I, Princess of Monaco

    politician

    1697–1731 · aged 34

    November 10 · 1697

    Source: Find a Grave

  11. Joseph François Dupleix

    colonial administrator, military personnel

    1697–1763 · aged 66

    January 1 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  12. Antoine François Prévost

    monk, journalist

    1697–1763

    April 1 · 1697

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  13. John Gill

    theologian, preacher

    1697–1771 · aged 73

    November 23 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Johann Joachim Quantz

    musical instrument maker, composer

    1697–1773 · aged 76

    January 30 · 1697

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  15. Jean-Marie Leclair

    dancer, violinist

    1697–1764 · aged 67

    May 10 · 1697

    Source: Musicalics

  16. Jacob Emden

    printer, rabbi

    1697–1776 · aged 78

    June 4 · 1697

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Nicola Salvi

    sculptor, architect

    1697–1751 · aged 53

    August 6 · 1697

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. William Smellie

    surgeon, physician

    1697–1763 · aged 66

    February 15 · 1697

    No external source identified

  19. Gerhard Tersteegen

    lyricist, writer

    1697–1769 · aged 71

    November 25 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Maria Karolina Sobieska

    aristocrat

    1697–1740 · aged 42

    November 25 · 1697

    Source: Genealogics

  21. Marie Anne de Bourbon

    lady-in-waiting

    1697–1741 · aged 43

    October 16 · 1697

    Source: The Peerage

  22. George Sale*

    orientalist, Bible translator

    Date disputed

    1697

    Source: AlKindi

  23. Richard Savage*

    satirist, playwright

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém

    aristocrat

    1697–1766

    August 3 · 1697

    Source: MAK

  25. Friederike Caroline Neuber

    writer, stage actor

    1697–1760 · aged 63

    March 9 · 1697

    Source: FemBio database

  26. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

    cartographer, geographer

    1697–1782 · aged 84

    July 11 · 1697

    Source: La France savante

  27. Faustina Bordoni

    stage actor, opera singer

    1697–1781 · aged 84

    March 30 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. August Aleksander Czartoryski

    voivode, politician

    1697–1782 · aged 84

    November 9 · 1697

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  29. Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    composer, oboist

    1697–1763 · aged 65

    July 9 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  30. Chevalier de Grimaldi

    politician

    1697–1784 · aged 87

    October 2 · 1697

    No external source identified

  31. Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

    entomologist, anatomist

    1697–1770 · aged 73

    February 24 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  32. Yohannes II

    monarch

    1697–1769

    1697

    No external source identified

  33. Princess Benedetta d'Este of Modena

    aristocrat

    1697–1777 · aged 80

    August 18 · 1697

    Source: Genealogics

  34. Kamo no Mabuchi

    writer, poet

    1697–1769 · aged 72

    April 24 · 1697

    No external source identified

  35. Martin Spanberg

    explorer, military personnel

    1697–1761 · aged 64

    January 10 · 1697

    No external source identified

  36. Prince August Ludwig I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

    aristocrat

    1697–1755 · aged 58

    June 9 · 1697

    Source: The Peerage

  37. George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

    art collector, politician

    1697–1764

    1697

    Source: Cambridge Alumni Database

  38. Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon

    archbishop, Catholic priest

    1697–1777 · aged 80

    February 17 · 1697

    Source: GeneaStar

  39. Alexander Monro

    university teacher, surgeon

    1697–1767 · aged 69

    September 19 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  40. Georg Desmarées*

    painter

    Date disputed

    October 27 · 1697

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  41. Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese

    Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop

    1697–1759 · aged 62

    May 20 · 1697

    No external source identified

  42. Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

    aristocrat

    1697–1739 · aged 42

    May 28 · 1697

    No external source identified

  43. Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg

    civil servant, politician

    1697–1783 · aged 85

    June 24 · 1697

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Francesco Antonio Vallotti

    composer, music theorist

    1697–1780

    June 11 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Bernard Accama*

    painter, decorative painter of objects

    Date disputed

    1697

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  46. Christine Kirch

    astronomer

    1697–1782

    1697

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  47. Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye

    linguist, compiler

    1697–1781 · aged 83

    June 6 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Arsenius

    archbishop, Eastern Orthodox priest

    1697–1772

    1697

    Source: MAK

  49. Louis Constantin of Rohan

    bishop, Catholic priest

    1697–1779 · aged 81

    March 24 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Giuseppe de Majo

    bandleader, composer

    1697–1771 · aged 73

    December 5 · 1697

    Source: SNAC

  51. Nishimura Shigenaga

    xylographer, painter

    1697–1756

    1697

    Source: NMVW-collection website

  52. Johann Albrecht Korff

    diplomat, politician

    1697–1766 · aged 68

    November 30 · 1697

    No external source identified

  53. Luigi Maria Torregiani

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1697–1777 · aged 79

    October 18 · 1697

    No external source identified

  54. Antonio Galli da Bibiena

    scenographer, painter

    1697–1774 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1697

    Source: Artists of the World Online

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