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Born in 1739

70 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. George Clinton

    politician, governor

    1739–1812 · aged 72

    July 26 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  2. Gregory Potyomkin

    military leader, linguist

    1739–1791 · aged 52

    September 24 · 1739

    No external source identified

  3. Charles-Henri Sanson

    physician, violinist

    1739–1806 · aged 67

    February 15 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  4. John Rutledge

    governor, jurist

    1739–1800 · aged 60

    September 17 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany

    aristocrat, naval officer

    1739–1767 · aged 28

    March 25 · 1739

    No external source identified

  6. Charles François Dumouriez

    writer, military personnel

    1739–1823 · aged 84

    January 26 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  7. Maria Josepha of Bavaria

    consort

    Date disputed

    March 20 · 1739

    Source: Habsburg, Maria Josepha von Bayern (BLKÖ)

  8. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough

    collector, politician

    1739–1817 · aged 78

    January 26 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  9. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

    sociologist, economist

    1739–1817 · aged 77

    December 14 · 1739

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  10. Thomas Nelson

    politician

    1739–1789 · aged 49

    January 6 · 1739

    No external source identified

  11. William Bartram

    entomologist, zoologist

    1739–1823 · aged 84

    April 20 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  12. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    salonnière, composer

    1739–1807 · aged 67

    October 24 · 1739

    Source: FemBio database

  13. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    violinist, musician

    1739–1799 · aged 59

    November 2 · 1739

    Source: regional database of the Municipal Library of Jindřichův Hradec

  14. George Clymer

    politician

    1739–1813 · aged 73

    March 16 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. John Robison

    inventor, physicist

    1739–1805 · aged 65

    February 4 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Johann Baptist Vanhal

    violinist, pianist

    1739–1813 · aged 74

    May 12 · 1739

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

    linguist, financier

    1739–1824 · aged 85

    March 19 · 1739

    Source: Sycomore

  18. Hyde Parker

    admiral, naval officer

    1739–1807

    1739

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  19. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber

    lichenologist, entomologist

    1739–1810 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Sachal Sarmast

    ulema, philosopher

    1739–1829

    1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé

    military personnel, military officer

    1739–1800 · aged 60

    November 19 · 1739

    Source: anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr

  22. Juan de Villanueva

    architect

    1739–1811 · aged 71

    September 15 · 1739

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  23. Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal

    aristocrat

    1739–1771 · aged 31

    September 21 · 1739

    No external source identified

  24. Frei Galvão

    Catholic priest, monk

    1739–1822

    1739

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  25. Jean-François Chalgrin

    artist, architect

    1739–1811 · aged 71

    October 22 · 1739

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  26. Elizaveta Vorontsova

    lady-in-waiting

    1739–1792 · aged 52

    September 4 · 1739

    Source: Q21724804

  27. John Spilsbury

    geographer, cartographer

    1739–1769

    1739

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  28. Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart

    musicographer, composer

    1739–1791 · aged 52

    March 24 · 1739

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony

    Catholic deacon, Catholic priest

    1739–1812 · aged 72

    September 28 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. William Hewson

    surgeon, anatomist

    1739–1774 · aged 34

    November 14 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  31. Philemon Dickinson

    politician

    1739–1809 · aged 69

    April 5 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  32. Jean-François de La Harpe

    writer, literary critic

    1739–1803 · aged 63

    November 20 · 1739

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  33. Pyotr Zavadovsky

    politician

    1739–1812 · aged 73

    January 21 · 1739

    No external source identified

  34. Ang Non II

    king

    1739–1779

    1739

    No external source identified

  35. Robert Barker

    painter

    1739–1806

    1739

    Source: RKDartists

  36. Kitao Shigemasa

    calligrapher, writer

    1739–1820

    1739

    Source: collections.artsmia.org

  37. Sophronius of Vratsa

    bishop, scholar

    1739–1813 · aged 74

    March 11 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Henrik Gabriel Porthan

    university teacher, historian

    1739–1804 · aged 64

    November 8 · 1739

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  39. Jean de Noailles

    military personnel, scientist

    1739–1824 · aged 84

    October 26 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  40. Paine Wingate

    lawyer, judge

    1739–1838 · aged 98

    May 14 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  41. Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze

    military officer

    1739–1799 · aged 60

    April 20 · 1739

    Source: Hotze, Johann Conrad Ritter (BLKÖ)

  42. Johann Beckmann

    university teacher, biologist

    1739–1811 · aged 71

    June 4 · 1739

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  43. Johann Augustus Eberhard

    theologian, writer

    1739–1809 · aged 69

    August 31 · 1739

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  44. Belsazar Hacquet

    university teacher, botanist

    1739–1815

    1739

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  45. Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

    architect

    1739–1813 · aged 74

    February 15 · 1739

    Source: European Theatre Architecture DB

  46. Qaplan II Giray

    sovereign

    1739–1771

    1739

    No external source identified

  47. James Anderson

    editing staff, writer

    1739–1808 · aged 69

    May 23 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  48. Shō Boku

    1739–1794 · aged 54

    May 3 · 1739

    No external source identified

  49. Mariano Salvador Maella

    painter

    1739–1819 · aged 79

    August 21 · 1739

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  50. Trinh Sam

    1739–1782

    1739

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  51. Domenico Cirillo

    writer, entomologist

    Date disputed

    April 10 · 1739

    Source: BnF authorities

  52. Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

    composer

    1739–1796 · aged 56

    July 6 · 1739

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  53. Philipp Matthäus Hahn

    engineer, precision mechanic

    1739–1790 · aged 50

    November 25 · 1739

    Source: Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg

  54. Johann Georg Schlosser

    lawyer, judge

    1739–1799 · aged 59

    December 9 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  55. Jean-Jacques Lagrenée

    painter, artist

    1739–1821 · aged 81

    September 18 · 1739

    Source: kansallisgalleria.fi

  56. Israel Lyons

    astronomer, botanist

    1739–1775

    1739

    Source: author citation in botany and mycology

  57. André Robert de Nerciat

    writer, novelist

    1739–1800

    April 17 · 1739

    Source: Babelio

  58. Charles Erskine

    diplomat, jurist

    1739–1811 · aged 72

    February 13 · 1739

    Source: Find a Grave

  59. Peter Adolf Hall

    painter

    1739–1793 · aged 54

    February 23 · 1739

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  60. Stanisław Trembecki

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    May 8 · 1739

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  61. Peder Aadnes

    painter, artist

    1739–1792 · aged 52

    August 10 · 1739

    Source: Norsk kunstnerleksikon

  62. Göran Rothman

    writer, botanist

    1739–1778

    November 30 · 1739

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  63. Johann Ludwig Christ

    farmer, beekeeper

    1739–1813 · aged 74

    October 18 · 1739

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  64. Georg Simon Klügel

    mathematician, physicist

    1739–1812 · aged 72

    August 19 · 1739

    Source: SNAC

  65. Dávid Baróti Szabó

    Catholic theologian, Catholic priest

    1739–1819 · aged 80

    April 10 · 1739

    No external source identified

  66. Johannes Zorn

    botanical illustrator, botanist

    1739–1799

    1739

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  67. Erik Prosperin

    astronomer

    1739–1803 · aged 63

    July 25 · 1739

    Source: Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon

  68. Pavol Adami

    university teacher, veterinarian

    1739–1795

    July 9 · 1739

    No external source identified

  69. Charles Scott

    farmer, military officer

    1739–1813

    1739

    Source: Scott, Charles (1739-1813), revolutionary war general and governor of Kentucky

  70. József Jakab Winterl

    physician, biologist

    Date disputed

    April 15 · 1739

    Source: Winterl, Jacob Joseph (BLKÖ)

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