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Born in 1722

62 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Samuel Adams

    philosopher, politician

    1722–1803 · aged 81

    September 27 · 1722

    Source: Q24328038

  2. Ahmed Shahe Durrani

    monarch, poet

    1722–1772

    1722

    No external source identified

  3. John Burgoyne

    writer, soldier

    1722–1792

    February 24 · 1722

    Source: SNAC

  4. Flora MacDonald

    aristocrat

    1722–1790

    1722

    Source: SNAC

  5. Prince Augustus William of Prussia

    soldier, military officer

    1722–1758 · aged 35

    August 9 · 1722

    Source: The Peerage

  6. Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony

    ruler, politician

    1722–1763 · aged 41

    September 5 · 1722

    Source: Find a Grave

  7. François Joseph Paul de Grasse

    military personnel

    1722–1788 · aged 65

    September 13 · 1722

    Source: Roglo

  8. John Pitcairn

    military officer

    1722–1775 · aged 52

    December 28 · 1722

    Source: Kindred Britain

  9. Bernardo Bellotto

    engraver, court painter

    Date disputed

    May 20 · 1722

    Source: National Gallery of Art - Collection

  10. Waris Shah

    poet, writer

    1722–1798 · aged 76

    January 23 · 1722

    Source: goodreads.com

  11. Christopher Smart

    composer, writer

    1722–1771

    April 11 · 1722

    Source: SNAC

  12. Hryhorii Skovoroda

    philosopher, translator

    1722–1794 · aged 71

    December 3 · 1722

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  13. Jezzar Pasha

    military leader

    1722–1804

    1722

    No external source identified

  14. William Crawford

    surveyor, military personnel

    1722–1782 · aged 59

    September 2 · 1722

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney

    horticulturist, agronomist

    1722–1793 · aged 70

    December 28 · 1722

    No external source identified

  16. Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt

    military commander, marshal

    1722–1782 · aged 59

    July 11 · 1722

    Source: The Peerage

  17. Paisius of Hilendar

    historian, Eastern Orthodox monk

    1722–1773

    1722

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster

    politician

    1722–1773 · aged 51

    May 29 · 1722

    Source: The Peerage

  19. Uthumphon

    sovereign, Buddhist monk

    1722–1796

    1722

    No external source identified

  20. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    1722–1780 · aged 57

    January 29 · 1722

    Source: emp-web-84.zetcom.ch

  21. Amursana

    politician, soldier

    1722–1757

    1722

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  22. Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar

    politician

    1722–1759

    1722

    No external source identified

  23. Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius

    salonnière, writer

    1722–1800 · aged 78

    July 23 · 1722

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Georg Benda

    composer, pianist

    1722–1795 · aged 73

    June 30 · 1722

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  25. Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

    mineralogist, scientist

    1722–1765 · aged 42

    December 23 · 1722

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  26. Nicolas Luckner

    military officer, military commander

    1722–1794 · aged 71

    January 12 · 1722

    No external source identified

  27. Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

    aristocrat

    1722–1775 · aged 53

    September 6 · 1722

    Source: Q22084666

  28. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz

    1722–1800 · aged 78

    March 18 · 1722

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  29. Petrus Camper

    physician, physiologist

    1722–1789 · aged 66

    May 11 · 1722

    Source: SNAC

  30. Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel

    1722–1787 · aged 64

    October 31 · 1722

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Zakhar Chernyshyov

    politician, military personnel

    1722–1784 · aged 62

    March 18 · 1722

    No external source identified

  32. Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg

    aristocrat

    1722–1791 · aged 69

    February 3 · 1722

    Source: The Peerage

  33. Bahadır II Giray

    sovereign

    1722–1791

    1722

    No external source identified

  34. Pietro Nardini

    violist, composer

    1722–1793 · aged 71

    April 12 · 1722

    Source: Grove Music Online

  35. Leopold Auenbrugger

    physician

    Date disputed

    November 19 · 1722

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  36. Karl Gotthelf von Hund

    chamberlain

    1722–1776 · aged 54

    September 11 · 1722

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Johann Heinrich Tischbein

    painter, engraver

    Date disputed

    October 14 · 1722

    Source: RKDartists

  38. Azar Bigdeli

    poet, literary critic

    1722–1780

    February 7 · 1722

    No external source identified

  39. John Home

    Catholic priest, playwright

    Date disputed

    September 13 · 1722

    No external source identified

  40. Joseph Warton

    translator, poet

    1722–1800

    1722

    Source: Trinity College Library

  41. Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky

    military personnel, governor

    1722–1782 · aged 59

    July 12 · 1722

    No external source identified

  42. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers

    naval officer, astronomer

    1722–1778

    May 26 · 1722

    Source: The Peerage

  43. Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

    Catholic priest, historian

    1722–1804 · aged 81

    September 22 · 1722

    Source: SNAC

  44. Humphry Marshall

    horticulturist, stonemason

    Date disputed

    October 22 · 1722

    No external source identified

  45. Johann Ernst Bach

    chapelmaster, jurist

    1722–1777 · aged 55

    January 28 · 1722

    Source: Musicalics

  46. Gaspare Traversi

    painter

    1722–1770

    1722

    Source: NUKAT

  47. Joseph I Adam von Schwarzenberg

    civil servant, German Minister of State

    1722–1782 · aged 59

    December 15 · 1722

    Source: Schwarzenberg, Joseph Adam Johann Nepomuk Fürst (BLKÖ)

  48. Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar

    aristocrat

    1722–1769 · aged 46

    December 28 · 1722

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  49. Anna Louisa Karsch

    writer, poet

    1722–1791 · aged 68

    December 1 · 1722

    Source: SNAC

  50. Fredrik Hasselquist

    explorer, botanist

    1722–1752 · aged 30

    January 3 · 1722

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. Marc Antoine René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson

    bibliographer, romanist

    1722–1787 · aged 64

    November 22 · 1722

    Source: GeneaStar

  52. Nicolas Antoine Boulanger

    historian, philosopher

    1722–1759 · aged 36

    November 11 · 1722

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  53. Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen

    politician

    1722–1751 · aged 28

    September 21 · 1722

    No external source identified

  54. Regina Mingotti

    opera singer, actor

    1722–1808 · aged 86

    February 6 · 1722

    Source: FemBio database

  55. Santa Rita Durão

    writer, monk

    1722–1784

    1722

    Source: National Library of Portugal

  56. Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche

    physician, philosopher

    1722–1774 · aged 52

    February 19 · 1722

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Johann Christian Brand

    artist, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    March 6 · 1722

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  58. Gerhard Schøning

    historian, archivist

    1722–1780 · aged 58

    May 2 · 1722

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  59. François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais

    economist, financier

    1722–1800 · aged 77

    October 3 · 1722

    Source: BnF authorities

  60. Andrea Gioannetti

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1722–1800 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1722

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  61. Francesco Carafa di Trajetto

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    1722–1818 · aged 96

    April 29 · 1722

    No external source identified

  62. Duke Clement Francis of Bavaria

    aristocrat

    1722–1770 · aged 48

    April 19 · 1722

    Source: Find a Grave

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