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Born in 1708

39 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

    aristocrat, monarch

    1708–1765 · aged 56

    December 8 · 1708

    Source: SNAC

  2. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

    politician

    1708–1778 · aged 69

    November 15 · 1708

    Source: The Peerage

  3. Anna Petrovna of Russia

    aristocrat

    1708–1728 · aged 20

    February 7 · 1708

    Source: Q21392876

  4. Mary Ball Washington

    1708–1789 · aged 80

    November 30 · 1708

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Hannah Glasse

    cookbook writer, author

    1708–1770

    1708

    No external source identified

  6. Kelzang Gyatso

    writer, politician

    1708–1757

    September 3 · 1708

    Source: Open Library

  7. Safdar Jang

    politician

    1708–1754 · aged 45

    December 15 · 1708

    No external source identified

  8. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

    monarch

    1708–1752

    February 23 · 1708

    Source: The Peerage

  9. Pompeo Batoni

    painter

    1708–1787 · aged 79

    January 25 · 1708

    Source: Web umenia

  10. Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer

    politician

    1708–1781

    1708

    No external source identified

  11. Albrecht von Haller

    politician, writer

    1708–1777 · aged 69

    October 16 · 1708

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  12. Antiochus Kantemir

    philosopher, poet

    1708–1744 · aged 35

    September 21 · 1708

    Source: Q38218459

  13. Francis Hayman

    illustrator, librarian

    1708–1776

    1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Paul Egede

    writer, university teacher

    1708–1789 · aged 80

    September 9 · 1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Hark Olufs

    seafarer, slave

    1708–1754

    1708

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Charles Hanbury Williams

    satirist, politician

    1708–1759 · aged 50

    December 8 · 1708

    Source: SNAC

  17. Georg Dionysius Ehret

    illustrator, scientific illustrator

    1708–1770 · aged 62

    January 30 · 1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Johann Adolf Scheibe

    translator, music theorist

    Date disputed

    May 5 · 1708

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  19. Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    military personnel

    1708–1769 · aged 60

    July 17 · 1708

    No external source identified

  20. Frederic Louis Norden

    archaeologist, non-fiction writer

    1708–1742 · aged 33

    October 22 · 1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  21. Olof von Dalin

    writer, literary critic

    1708–1763 · aged 54

    August 29 · 1708

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  22. Franz Leopold von Nádasdy

    military commander, military leader

    1708–1783 · aged 74

    September 30 · 1708

    Source: Nádasdy-Fogáras, Franz Leopold (BLKÖ)

  23. Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne

    1708–1728 · aged 19

    October 24 · 1708

    Source: Genealogics

  24. Jean-Rodolphe Perronet

    encyclopédistes, engineer

    1708–1794 · aged 85

    October 27 · 1708

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  25. Egidio Duni

    composer

    Date disputed

    February 11 · 1708

    Source: Discogs

  26. Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-Weissenfels

    aristocrat

    1708–1760 · aged 51

    March 17 · 1708

    Source: Genealogics

  27. Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels

    Catholic bishop, Prince-Elector

    1708–1784 · aged 75

    May 13 · 1708

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Georg Reutter II

    conductor, composer

    1708–1772 · aged 63

    April 6 · 1708

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  29. Ümmügülsüm Sultan

    1708–1732

    February 7 · 1708

    No external source identified

  30. Selim II Giray

    sovereign

    1708–1748

    1708

    No external source identified

  31. Friedrich von Hagedorn

    poet, philosopher

    1708–1754 · aged 46

    April 23 · 1708

    Source: SNAC

  32. André le Breton

    bookseller, publisher

    1708–1779 · aged 71

    September 2 · 1708

    Source: SNAC

  33. Giovanni Salvemini

    mathematician, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Manuel Guírior

    military personnel

    1708–1788 · aged 80

    March 21 · 1708

    Source: opac.vatlib.it

  35. Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale

    politician

    1708–1774 · aged 65

    June 27 · 1708

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  36. Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart

    ambassador, bishop

    1708–1777 · aged 69

    January 27 · 1708

    No external source identified

  37. William Lewis

    chemist, pharmacist

    1708–1781 · aged 72

    June 20 · 1708

    Source: International Standard Name Identifier

  38. Leopold Ernst of Firmian

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1708–1783 · aged 74

    September 22 · 1708

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  39. Louis Günther II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    politician, military officer

    1708–1790 · aged 81

    October 22 · 1708

    Source: The Peerage

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