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Born in 1720

59 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Charles Edward Stuart

    military leader, pretender

    1720–1788 · aged 67

    December 31 · 1720

    Source: Find a Grave

  2. Hyder Ali

    politician

    Date disputed

    1720

    Source: Haidar Alí and Tipú Sultán and the Struggle with the Musalmán Powers of the South

  3. Gaon of Vilnius

    Posek, rabbi

    1720–1797 · aged 77

    April 23 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Giovanni Battista Piranesi

    art theorist, interior designer

    1720–1778 · aged 58

    October 4 · 1720

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  5. Balaji Baji Rao

    1720–1761 · aged 40

    December 8 · 1720

    No external source identified

  6. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

    politician

    1720–1764 · aged 44

    May 8 · 1720

    Source: GeneaStar

  7. Filippo I, Duke of Parma

    aristocrat

    1720–1765 · aged 45

    March 15 · 1720

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  8. Anna Maria Mozart

    1720–1778 · aged 57

    December 25 · 1720

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  9. Heraclius II of Georgia

    royalty, king

    Date disputed

    November 7 · 1720

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  10. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia

    aristocrat, salonnière

    1720–1782 · aged 61

    July 24 · 1720

    Source: Find a Grave

  11. Sakuramachi

    sovereign

    1720–1750 · aged 30

    February 8 · 1720

    No external source identified

  12. Baron Munchausen

    military personnel, narrator

    1720–1797 · aged 76

    May 11 · 1720

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  13. James Hargreaves

    carpenter, inventor

    1720–1778 · aged 57

    December 13 · 1720

    No external source identified

  14. Giuseppe Sanmartino

    sculptor

    1720–1793

    1720

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  15. Gilbert White

    author, writer

    1720–1793 · aged 72

    July 18 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  16. Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno

    politician, governor

    1720–1801 · aged 81

    February 13 · 1720

    Source: datos.bne.es

  17. Charles Bonnet

    philosopher, botanist

    1720–1793 · aged 73

    March 13 · 1720

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Fuheng

    politician

    1720–1770

    1720

    No external source identified

  19. Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    1720

    Source: SNAC

  20. Carlo Gozzi

    writer, poet

    1720–1806 · aged 85

    December 13 · 1720

    Source: BeWeB

  21. John Woolman

    preacher, writer

    1720–1772 · aged 51

    October 19 · 1720

    Source: Friendly Networks

  22. Clementina Walkinshaw

    Date disputed

    1720

    Source: WikiTree

  23. Maximilian Hell

    pedagogue, physicist

    1720–1792 · aged 71

    May 15 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  24. Shalom Sharabi

    scholar, rosh yeshiva

    1720–1777

    1720

    Source: Trove

  25. Abraham ben Abraham

    rabbi

    1720–1749

    1720

    No external source identified

  26. Samuel Foote

    theatre manager, writer

    1720–1777 · aged 57

    January 27 · 1720

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon

    diplomat, minister

    1720–1788 · aged 68

    July 31 · 1720

    Source: GeneaStar

  28. Peg Woffington

    stage actor, actor

    Date disputed

    October 18 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  29. Charles De Geer

    zoologist, arachnologist

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1720

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  30. José de Gálvez

    lawyer, politician

    1720–1787 · aged 67

    January 2 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Justus Möser

    poet lawyer, journalist

    1720–1794 · aged 73

    December 14 · 1720

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  32. Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi

    diplomat, politician

    Date disputed

    1720

    Source: biografiasyvidas.com

  33. Johann Friedrich Agricola

    music theorist, singer

    1720–1774 · aged 54

    January 4 · 1720

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  34. Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini

    pianist, composer

    1720–1795 · aged 74

    October 17 · 1720

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  35. Marie Louise de Rohan

    aristocrat, lady-in-waiting

    1720–1803 · aged 83

    January 7 · 1720

    No external source identified

  36. Johann Georg Sulzer

    musicologist, secondary school teacher

    1720–1779 · aged 58

    October 16 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen

    printmaker, painter

    1720–1778 · aged 57

    August 17 · 1720

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Anton I of Georgia

    writer, royalty

    1720–1788 · aged 67

    October 28 · 1720

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  39. Martinus Houttuyn

    zoologist, physician

    1720–1798

    1720

    Source: LIBRIS

  40. Gian Francesco Albani

    theologian, Catholic bishop

    1720–1803 · aged 83

    February 26 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  41. Nicholas Revett

    archaeologist, painter

    1720–1804

    1720

    No external source identified

  42. Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville

    chemist, poet

    1720–1805 · aged 85

    October 17 · 1720

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  43. Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet

    explorer, botanical collector

    Date disputed

    November 4 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Madeleine de Puisieux

    women's rights activist, writer

    1720–1798

    1720

    Source: LIBRIS

  45. Chae Je-gong

    writer, politician

    1720–1799 · aged 78

    May 12 · 1720

    Source: Korean Authority File

  46. Nicolas-Henri Jardin

    architect

    1720–1799 · aged 79

    March 22 · 1720

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  47. Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

    aristocrat

    1720–1785 · aged 65

    August 14 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  48. Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

    politician, collector

    1720–1795 · aged 74

    November 10 · 1720

    No external source identified

  49. Gian Rinaldo Carli

    anthropologist, historian

    1720–1795 · aged 74

    April 11 · 1720

    Source: Carli, Johann Rinaldo Graf von (BLKÖ)

  50. Patrick Browne

    physician, explorer

    1720–1790

    1720

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  51. Franciszek Bohomolec

    linguist, poet

    1720–1784 · aged 64

    January 19 · 1720

    No external source identified

  52. Martin Gerbert

    university teacher, musicologist

    Date disputed

    August 11 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  53. María Andresa Casamayor

    school teacher, writer

    1720–1780 · aged 59

    November 30 · 1720

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  54. Konrad Ekhof

    actor, stage actor

    1720–1778 · aged 57

    August 12 · 1720

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  55. Johann Uz

    poet, poet lawyer

    1720–1796 · aged 75

    October 3 · 1720

    Source: SNAC

  56. Giovanni Cornaro

    Catholic priest

    1720–1789 · aged 68

    June 30 · 1720

    No external source identified

  57. Lorenz Spengler

    turner, malacologist

    1720–1807 · aged 87

    September 22 · 1720

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  58. Jean Joseph Vadé

    composer, writer

    1720–1757 · aged 37

    January 17 · 1720

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  59. Maqsud Giray

    sovereign

    1720–1780

    1720

    No external source identified

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