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Born in 1705

48 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Dick Turpin

    highwayman, robber

    1705–1739 · aged 33

    October 2 · 1705

    Source: Lord Byron and his Times

  2. Farinelli

    actor, opera singer

    1705–1782

    January 24 · 1705

    Source: Farinelli, Carlo Broschi

  3. Karim Khan zand

    1705–1779 · aged 73

    May 23 · 1705

    No external source identified

  4. Clement XIV

    Latin Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1705–1774 · aged 68

    October 31 · 1705

    Source: Clement XIV

  5. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

    jurist, politician

    Date disputed

    March 2 · 1705

    Source: SNAC

  6. Kunchan Nambiar

    writer, poet

    1705–1770

    1705

    No external source identified

  7. Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

    naval officer, politician

    Date disputed

    February 21 · 1705

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  8. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

    military officer

    1705–1782 · aged 76

    May 5 · 1705

    Source: SNAC

  9. Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland

    politician

    1705–1774 · aged 68

    September 28 · 1705

    Source: The Peerage

  10. Leopold Joseph von Daun

    military officer

    Date disputed

    September 24 · 1705

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  11. David Hartley

    physician, philosopher

    Date disputed

    September 10 · 1705

    Source: Hartley, David (1705-1757) (DNB00)

  12. Charles André van Loo

    painter, visual artist

    1705–1765 · aged 60

    February 15 · 1705

    Source: GeneaStar

  13. Maximilian Ulysses Browne

    military personnel, military commander

    1705–1757 · aged 51

    October 23 · 1705

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  14. Jacques-François Blondel

    urban planner, encyclopédistes

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1705

    Source: La France savante

  15. Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon

    1705–1765 · aged 59

    September 5 · 1705

    No external source identified

  16. Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff

    military personnel, colonial administrator

    1705–1750 · aged 45

    August 8 · 1705

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Raja Lumu

    sovereign

    1705–1778

    1705

    No external source identified

  18. Philipp Stamma

    chess player, translator

    1705–1755

    1705

    Source: NUKAT

  19. Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier

    navigator, colonial administrator

    1705–1786

    January 14 · 1705

    No external source identified

  20. Peter Artedi

    botanist, zoologist

    1705–1735 · aged 30

    March 10 · 1705

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  21. Seonui

    consort

    Date disputed

    October 29 · 1705

    No external source identified

  22. António José da Silva

    composer, playwright

    1705–1739

    May 8 · 1705

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  23. Gerhard Friedrich Müller

    translator, traveler

    1705–1783 · aged 77

    October 29 · 1705

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

  24. Nicolas Chédeville

    composer, oboist

    1705–1782 · aged 77

    February 20 · 1705

    Source: SNAC

  25. Davit Guramishvili

    writer, poet

    1705–1792

    1705

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  26. Johann Peter Kellner

    cantor, composer

    1705–1772 · aged 66

    September 28 · 1705

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  27. Charles Frederick Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

    military officer, ruler

    1705–1762 · aged 57

    June 10 · 1705

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

    aristocrat

    1705–1764 · aged 59

    March 31 · 1705

    No external source identified

  29. Prince Ludwig Gruno, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Homburg

    military personnel

    1705–1745 · aged 40

    January 15 · 1705

    Source: Genealogics

  30. Nicolas-Sébastien Adam

    sculptor

    1705–1778 · aged 73

    March 22 · 1705

    Source: RKDartists

  31. Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie

    diplomat, military personnel

    1705–1759 · aged 53

    October 3 · 1705

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  32. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof

    entomologist, copper engraver

    1705–1759 · aged 53

    March 30 · 1705

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  33. Franciszka Urszula Wiśniowiecka

    writer, playwright

    1705–1753 · aged 48

    February 13 · 1705

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin

    foreign minister, minister

    1705–1777 · aged 71

    August 18 · 1705

    Source: La France savante

  35. Matias Aires

    philosopher, writer

    1705–1763 · aged 58

    March 27 · 1705

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  36. Tommaso Temanza

    engineer, art historian

    1705–1789 · aged 84

    March 9 · 1705

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Marianne Loir

    painter

    1705–1783

    December 10 · 1705

    Source: Marie-Anne Loir : une femme portraitiste sous le règne de Louis XV

  38. Semen Klymovskyi

    philosopher, poet

    1705–1785

    1705

    No external source identified

  39. Matthäus Günther

    painter, university teacher

    1705–1788 · aged 83

    September 7 · 1705

    Source: Günther, Matthäus

  40. René-Michel Slodtz

    sculptor

    1705–1764 · aged 59

    September 27 · 1705

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. Emmanuel Héré de Corny

    architect

    1705–1763 · aged 57

    October 12 · 1705

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  42. Hieronymus David Gaubius

    university teacher, chemist

    1705–1780 · aged 75

    February 24 · 1705

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin

    composer, harpsichordist

    1705–1778

    1705

    No external source identified

  44. Ambrosius Stub

    poet, writer

    1705–1758

    1705

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  45. Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi

    politician

    1705–1777

    1705

    No external source identified

  46. Faustina Pignatelli

    physicist, scientist

    1705–1769 · aged 64

    December 9 · 1705

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  47. Matthew Raper

    mathematician, astronomer

    1705–1778

    1705

    Source: SNAC

  48. Johann Friedrich Endersch

    mathematician, mechanic

    1705–1769 · aged 63

    October 25 · 1705

    Source: BnF authorities

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