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Born in 1718

59 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Mariana Victoria of Spain

    regent

    1718–1781 · aged 62

    March 31 · 1718

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  2. John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

    politician, cricketer

    Date disputed

    November 13 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Lawrence Washington

    military personnel

    Date disputed

    1718

    Source: Genealogics

  4. Israel Putnam

    military officer, major general

    1718–1790 · aged 72

    January 7 · 1718

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Empress Nara

    1718–1766 · aged 48

    March 11 · 1718

    No external source identified

  6. Thomas Chippendale

    businessperson, joiner

    1718–1779 · aged 61

    June 5 · 1718

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  7. Maria Gaetana Agnesi

    philosopher, philanthropist

    1718–1799 · aged 80

    May 16 · 1718

    Source: Scienza a due voci

  8. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia

    spiritual teacher

    1718–1783

    May 3 · 1718

    No external source identified

  9. Anna Leopoldovna

    sovereign

    1718–1746 · aged 27

    December 18 · 1718

    Source: The Peerage

  10. Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht

    translator, poet

    1718–1763 · aged 44

    December 9 · 1718

    Source: FemBio database

  11. Alexander Roslin

    visual artist, painter

    1718–1793 · aged 74

    July 15 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    September 14 · 1718

    Source: Rodovid

  13. David Brainerd

    missionary

    1718–1747 · aged 29

    April 20 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Ramprasad Sen

    poet, composer

    1718–1775

    1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Elizabeth Montagu

    essayist, salonnière

    Date disputed

    October 2 · 1718

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  16. William Hunter

    surgeon, art collector

    1718–1783 · aged 64

    May 23 · 1718

    Source: La France savante

  17. Salabat Jung

    politician, monarch

    1718–1763 · aged 44

    November 24 · 1718

    No external source identified

  18. Nikita Panin

    diplomat, military personnel

    1718–1783 · aged 64

    September 29 · 1718

    Source: Q20656031

  19. Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

    politician

    1718–1793 · aged 75

    May 30 · 1718

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

    diplomat, politician

    1718–1794 · aged 75

    July 5 · 1718

    Source: The Peerage

  21. Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie

    military personnel, politician

    1718–1804 · aged 85

    October 19 · 1718

    Source: Genealogics

  22. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

    regular priest, Catholic theologian

    1718–1793 · aged 75

    February 8 · 1718

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Hugh Blair

    preacher, theologian

    1718–1800 · aged 82

    April 7 · 1718

    Source: SNAC

  24. Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda

    military officer, army officer

    Date disputed

    December 18 · 1718

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  25. Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    military personnel, politician

    1718–1788 · aged 69

    September 25 · 1718

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  26. Jacob Christian Schäffer

    ornithologist, inventor

    Date disputed

    May 31 · 1718

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Adam František Kollár

    policy advisor, jurist

    Date disputed

    April 17 · 1718

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  28. William Henry of Nassau-Saarbrücken

    military officer

    1718–1768 · aged 50

    March 6 · 1718

    Source: lagis-hessen.de

  29. John Roebuck

    inventor, businessperson

    1718–1794

    1718

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  30. John Canton

    physicist

    1718–1772 · aged 53

    August 11 · 1718

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  31. Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

    organist, musician

    1718–1795 · aged 76

    November 21 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux

    astronomer

    1718–1751 · aged 33

    May 4 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Johan Ernst Gunnerus

    theologian, philosopher

    1718–1773 · aged 55

    February 26 · 1718

    Source: MAK

  34. Mạc Thiên Tứ

    poet, monarch

    1718–1780

    1718

    No external source identified

  35. Pierre-Joseph Macquer

    chemist, physician

    1718–1784 · aged 65

    October 9 · 1718

    Source: La France savante

  36. George Howard

    military personnel, politician

    1718–1796 · aged 78

    June 17 · 1718

    No external source identified

  37. Friedrich August von Finck

    military officer, military commander

    1718–1766 · aged 47

    November 25 · 1718

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  38. Martin Johann Schmidt

    printmaker, engraver

    Date disputed

    September 25 · 1718

    Source: RKDartists

  39. Antoine de Chézy

    mathematician, civil engineer

    1718–1798 · aged 80

    September 1 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil

    philosopher, Catholic bishop

    1718–1802 · aged 84

    June 23 · 1718

    Source: SNAC

  41. Élie Catherine Fréron

    writer, art critic

    1718–1776 · aged 58

    January 20 · 1718

    Source: SNAC

  42. Thomas Kitchin

    copper engraver, printmaker

    1718–1784

    1718

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  43. Jakob Emanuel Handmann

    painter

    1718–1781 · aged 63

    August 16 · 1718

    Source: RKDartists

  44. Salomée Halpir

    ophthalmologist, traveler

    1718–1763

    1718

    Source: MAK

  45. Saverio Bettinelli

    writer, philosopher

    1718–1808 · aged 90

    July 18 · 1718

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  46. Hilaire Rouelle

    pharmacist, chemist

    1718–1779 · aged 61

    February 15 · 1718

    No external source identified

  47. François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud

    editor, poet

    1718–1805 · aged 87

    September 15 · 1718

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  48. Søren Abildgaard

    biologist, scientific illustrator

    1718–1791 · aged 73

    February 18 · 1718

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  49. Claude-Henri Watelet

    painter, etcher

    1718–1786 · aged 67

    August 28 · 1718

    Source: Watelet, Claude-Henri

  50. Karai Senryū

    poet, writer

    1718–1790

    1718

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. Barbara Sanguszko (née Dunin)

    translator, poet

    1718–1791 · aged 73

    February 4 · 1718

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  52. Charles-Michel-Ange Challe

    architect, painter

    1718–1778 · aged 59

    March 17 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  53. Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix

    translator, astronomer

    1718–1802 · aged 83

    November 23 · 1718

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Christian Horrebow

    astronomer, university teacher

    1718–1776 · aged 58

    April 15 · 1718

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  55. István Hatvani

    physician, university teacher

    1718–1786 · aged 67

    November 21 · 1718

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  56. Leopold August Abel

    concertmaster, painter

    Date disputed

    March 24 · 1718

    No external source identified

  57. Giovanni Maria Riminaldi

    art collector, Catholic priest

    1718–1789 · aged 71

    October 4 · 1718

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  58. Casimir Christoph Schmidel

    geologist, university teacher

    1718–1792 · aged 74

    November 21 · 1718

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. Olof Torén

    parson, Lutheran pastor

    1718–1753 · aged 34

    October 1 · 1718

    No external source identified

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