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Born in 1717

61 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Maria Theresa of Austria

    politician, aristocrat

    1717–1780 · aged 63

    May 13 · 1717

    Source: Habsburg, Maria Theresia (deutsche Kaiserin) (BLKÖ)

  2. Horace Walpole

    politician, art collector

    1717–1797 · aged 79

    September 24 · 1717

    Source: SNAC

  3. Mustafa III

    sultan

    1717–1774 · aged 56

    January 28 · 1717

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  4. Johann Joachim Winckelmann

    writer, archaeologist

    1717–1768 · aged 50

    December 9 · 1717

    Source: BeWeB

  5. Pius VI

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1717–1799 · aged 81

    December 25 · 1717

    Source: BeWeB

  6. David Garrick

    theatrical producer, screenwriter

    1717–1779 · aged 61

    February 19 · 1717

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. Pedro III of Portugal

    sovereign

    1717–1786 · aged 68

    July 5 · 1717

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

    military personnel, colonial administrator

    1717–1797 · aged 80

    January 29 · 1717

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  9. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

    writer, musicographer

    1717–1783 · aged 65

    November 16 · 1717

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  10. Ernst Gideon von Laudon*

    military officer, military leader

    Date disputed

    February 13 · 1717

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  11. Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah

    1717–1795

    1717

    No external source identified

  12. Johann Stamitz

    violinist, concertmaster

    1717–1757

    June 19 · 1717

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  13. Ibrahim Afshar

    sovereign

    1717–1749

    1717

    No external source identified

  14. Louis François, Prince of Conti

    art collector, diplomat

    1717–1776 · aged 58

    August 13 · 1717

    Source: RKDartists

  15. Marie Anne de Mailly

    royal mistress, lady-in-waiting

    1717–1744 · aged 27

    October 5 · 1717

    Source: Genealogics

  16. Elimelech of Lizhensk

    rabbi

    1717–1787

    1717

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Henry Middleton

    politician

    1717–1784

    1717

    Source: US Congress Bio identifier

  18. Hamengkubuwono I

    politician

    1717–1792 · aged 74

    August 6 · 1717

    No external source identified

  19. George Augustus Eliott*

    military personnel, military commander

    Date disputed

    December 14 · 1717

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Elizabeth Carter

    linguist, polymath

    1717–1806 · aged 88

    December 16 · 1717

    Source: SNAC

  21. Francesco Zappa

    composer, cellist

    1717–1803

    1717

    Source: CONOR.SI

  22. Prince George William of Great Britain

    aristocrat

    1717–1718 · aged 0

    November 13 · 1717

    No external source identified

  23. William Williams Pantycelyn

    poet, linguist

    1717–1791 · aged 73

    February 11 · 1717

    No external source identified

  24. Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

    politician, philosopher

    1717–1778

    1717

    Source: CONOR.SR

  25. Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg

    aristocrat

    1717–1778 · aged 60

    November 21 · 1717

    No external source identified

  26. John Armstrong

    civil engineer, military officer

    1717–1795 · aged 77

    October 13 · 1717

    Source: Find a Grave

  27. Alexander Sumarokov

    impressionist, satirist

    1717–1777 · aged 59

    November 25 · 1717

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  28. Georg Matthias Monn

    composer, organist

    1717–1750 · aged 33

    April 9 · 1717

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  29. João de Loureiro*

    botanist, botanical collector

    Date disputed

    September 8 · 1717

    No external source identified

  30. Agui

    military personnel, politician

    1717–1797 · aged 80

    September 7 · 1717

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  31. Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

    inventor, visual artist

    1717–1806 · aged 89

    August 15 · 1717

    Source: SNAC

  32. Johann David Michaelis

    translator, university teacher

    1717–1791 · aged 74

    February 27 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Louis Des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, duc de Mahon

    military officer, lieutenant general

    1717–1796 · aged 79

    February 22 · 1717

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  34. Jean-François de Surville

    explorer

    1717–1770 · aged 53

    January 18 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  35. Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo

    politician, military personnel

    1717–1784 · aged 67

    July 23 · 1717

    No external source identified

  36. Qırım Giray

    warrior

    1717–1769

    1717

    No external source identified

  37. Molla Panah Vagif

    diplomat, writer

    1717–1797

    1717

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Ventura Rodríguez

    architect

    1717–1785 · aged 68

    July 14 · 1717

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  39. Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi*

    cameralist, politician

    Date disputed

    December 28 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa

    writer, military personnel

    1717–1779 · aged 62

    January 21 · 1717

    Source: SNAC

  41. Changkya Rölpé Dorjé

    writer

    1717–1786

    May 20 · 1717

    No external source identified

  42. Joseph Frederick William

    feudatory, ruler

    1717–1798 · aged 80

    November 12 · 1717

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Matthew Stewart

    mathematician

    1717–1785 · aged 68

    January 15 · 1717

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  44. Robert Wood

    classical scholar, archaeologist

    1717–1771

    1717

    Source: FINA Wiki

  45. Princess Anne Thérèse of Savoy

    aristocrat

    1717–1745 · aged 27

    November 1 · 1717

    Source: Genealogics

  46. Adam Friedrich Oeser*

    painter, university teacher

    Date disputed

    February 17 · 1717

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  47. Jacques Saly

    sculptor

    1717–1776 · aged 58

    June 20 · 1717

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  48. Francesco Saverio de Zelada

    Catholic priest, diplomat

    1717–1801 · aged 84

    August 27 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  49. Emanuel Mendes da Costa

    philosopher, naturalist

    1717–1791 · aged 73

    June 5 · 1717

    Source: SNAC

  50. Louis Guillaume Le Monnier

    botanist, physicist

    1717–1799 · aged 82

    June 27 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. George (Konissky)

    theologian, Orthodox theologian

    1717–1795 · aged 77

    November 20 · 1717

    Source: pravenc.ru

  52. Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin

    statistician, mathematician

    1717–1783 · aged 66

    September 22 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  53. Cardinal de Soubise

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1717–1756 · aged 38

    December 1 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Catharina Helena Dörrien

    translator, scientific illustrator

    1717–1795 · aged 78

    March 1 · 1717

    Source: Naming names: the first women taxonomists in mycology

  55. Andrzej Hieronim Zamoyski

    jurist, diplomat

    1717–1792 · aged 74

    December 12 · 1717

    No external source identified

  56. Vitaliano Donati

    archaeologist, traveler

    1717–1762 · aged 44

    September 8 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Nicolas Beauzée

    encyclopédistes, linguist

    1717–1789 · aged 71

    May 9 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Antoine Bret

    journalist, playwright

    1717–1792 · aged 74

    July 9 · 1717

    Source: BnF authorities

  59. John Mills

    writer

    1717–1794

    1717

    Source: Open Library

  60. Olof af Acrel

    surgeon

    1717–1806 · aged 88

    November 26 · 1717

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  61. Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    politician, university teacher

    1717–1785 · aged 67

    November 9 · 1717

    Source: The Peerage

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