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Born in 1704

47 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. John Byng

    naval officer, admiral

    Date disputed

    October 28 · 1704

    Source: Kindred Britain

  2. Tahmasp II

    sovereign

    1704–1740 · aged 35

    December 3 · 1704

    No external source identified

  3. Hans Hermann von Katte

    military personnel, soldier

    1704–1730 · aged 26

    February 28 · 1704

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  4. Maurice Quentin de La Tour

    pastellist, painter

    Date disputed

    September 5 · 1704

    Source: SNAC

  5. Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

    imam

    1704–1773

    1704

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  6. John Kay

    inventor

    1704–1779

    July 16 · 1704

    Source: vle.lt

  7. Francesco Queirolo

    sculptor

    1704–1762

    1704

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  8. Gabriel Cramer

    physicist, university teacher

    1704–1752 · aged 47

    July 31 · 1704

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  9. Dov Ber of Mezeritch

    scholar, rabbi

    1704–1772

    1704

    Source: MAK

  10. Carl Heinrich Graun

    opera singer, composer

    1704–1759 · aged 55

    May 7 · 1704

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  11. John Wood

    architect

    1704–1754 · aged 49

    August 26 · 1704

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  12. Charles August Frederick, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

    marshal, military personnel

    1704–1763 · aged 58

    September 24 · 1704

    Source: Waldeck, Karl August Friedrich Fürst (BLKÖ)

  13. Carlos de Seixas

    musician, organist

    1704–1742 · aged 38

    June 11 · 1704

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Auguste of Baden-Baden

    politician

    1704–1726 · aged 21

    November 10 · 1704

    No external source identified

  15. Benjamin Huntsman

    businessperson, metallurgist

    1704–1776 · aged 72

    June 4 · 1704

    Source: Find a Grave

  16. Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth

    mistress

    1704–1765 · aged 61

    April 1 · 1704

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Louis de Jaucourt

    scientist, philosopher

    1704–1779 · aged 74

    September 16 · 1704

    No external source identified

  18. Fatma Sultan

    1704–1733 · aged 28

    September 22 · 1704

    No external source identified

  19. Anne Christine of Sulzbach

    aristocrat

    1704–1723 · aged 19

    February 5 · 1704

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Richard Pococke

    theologian, Egyptologist

    1704–1765 · aged 60

    November 19 · 1704

    Source: SNAC

  21. Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

    writer, philosopher

    1704–1771 · aged 66

    June 24 · 1704

    Source: Argens, Jean Baptiste de Boyer

  22. Johann Andreas Segner

    chemist, physician

    Date disputed

    October 9 · 1704

    Source: SNAC

  23. Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

    politician, civil servant

    Date disputed

    March 21 · 1704

    Source: The Peerage

  24. Lord Charles Cavendish

    philosopher, politician

    1704–1783 · aged 79

    March 17 · 1704

    No external source identified

  25. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

    regent

    1704–1774 · aged 69

    August 12 · 1704

    Source: The Peerage

  26. Andrija Kačić Miošić

    historian, theologian

    1704–1760 · aged 56

    April 17 · 1704

    No external source identified

  27. Ivan Betskoy

    educator, politician

    Date disputed

    February 14 · 1704

    Source: Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World

  28. Charles Pinot Duclos

    biographer, politician

    1704–1772 · aged 68

    February 12 · 1704

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  29. Thomas Godfrey

    glazier, inventor

    1704–1749

    January 10 · 1704

    Source: Godfrey, Thomas (1704-1749), glazier, mathematician, and astronomer

  30. Louis Godin

    historian, astronomer

    1704–1760 · aged 56

    February 28 · 1704

    Source: La France savante

  31. Giovanni Battista Pescetti

    harpsichordist, composer

    1704–1766 · aged 61

    October 16 · 1704

    Source: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Online Version

  32. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne

    sculptor, artist

    Date disputed

    February 15 · 1704

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. Azad Bilgrami

    poet, author

    1704–1786

    1704

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  34. František Tůma

    conductor, organist

    1704–1774 · aged 69

    October 2 · 1704

    Source: BnF authorities

  35. Johann Georg Platzer

    draftsperson, painter

    1704–1761

    June 24 · 1704

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  36. Rosanna Scalfi Marcello

    opera singer, composer

    1704–1742

    1704

    No external source identified

  37. Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    military officer, aristocrat

    1704–1767 · aged 63

    February 17 · 1704

    Source: The Peerage

  38. Bernardo Antonio Vittone

    architect

    1704–1770 · aged 66

    August 19 · 1704

    Source: BeWeB

  39. Joseph de Jussieu

    botanical collector, scientific collector

    1704–1779 · aged 74

    September 3 · 1704

    Source: Roglo

  40. Stanisław Lubomirski

    voivode, military personnel

    1704–1793

    1704

    Source: Lubomirski, Stanislaus (III.) Fürst (BLKÖ)

  41. Johann Hieronymus Kniphof

    anatomist, university teacher

    1704–1763 · aged 58

    February 24 · 1704

    Source: RKDartists

  42. Adriaan van Royen

    university teacher, physician

    Date disputed

    November 11 · 1704

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  43. Nurali Khan

    sovereign

    1704–1790

    1704

    No external source identified

  44. Martha Daniell Logan

    botanical collector, horticulturist

    1704–1779 · aged 74

    December 29 · 1704

    Source: Logan, Martha Daniell (1704-1779), horticulturist

  45. Anton de Haen

    professor, pedagogue

    1704–1776 · aged 71

    December 8 · 1704

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Guillaume Le Blond

    military historian, mathematician

    1704–1781

    1704

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  47. Ferenc Faludi

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    March 25 · 1704

    Source: BnF authorities

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