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Born in 1746

98 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Francisco Goya

    draftsperson, etcher

    1746–1828 · aged 82

    March 30 · 1746

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  2. Tadeusz Kościuszko

    resistance fighter, soldier

    Date disputed

    February 4 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Gustav III of Sweden

    politician

    1746–1792 · aged 46

    January 24 · 1746

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  4. Benjamin Rush

    psychiatrist, politician

    1746–1813 · aged 67

    January 4 · 1746

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  5. Carlo Bonaparte

    lawyer, jurist

    1746–1785 · aged 38

    March 29 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  6. Robert R. Livingston

    politician, diplomat

    1746–1813 · aged 66

    November 27 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  7. William Jones

    translator, poet

    1746–1794 · aged 47

    September 28 · 1746

    Source: notablebiographies.com

  8. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    writer, philanthropist

    1746–1827 · aged 81

    January 12 · 1746

    Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon

  9. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria

    aristocrat

    1746–1804 · aged 58

    February 26 · 1746

    Source: Habsburg, Maria Amalia (Herzogin von Parma) (BLKÖ)

  10. Bernardo de Gálvez

    university teacher, politician

    1746–1786 · aged 40

    July 23 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

    politician, military personnel

    1746–1825 · aged 79

    February 25 · 1746

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  12. Tiradentes

    miner, military personnel

    1746–1792 · aged 45

    November 12 · 1746

    No external source identified

  13. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark

    consort

    1746–1813 · aged 67

    July 3 · 1746

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  14. Timur Shah Durrani

    politician

    1746–1793

    1746

    No external source identified

  15. Gaspard Monge

    physicist, chemist

    Date disputed

    May 9 · 1746

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  16. Maurice Benyovszky

    adventurer, explorer

    1746–1786 · aged 39

    September 20 · 1746

    Source: Babelio

  17. Giuseppe Piazzi

    Latin Catholic priest, university teacher

    1746–1826 · aged 80

    July 16 · 1746

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  18. Jacques Charles

    inventor, instrument maker

    1746–1823

    November 12 · 1746

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  19. Henry Grattan

    politician, writer

    1746–1820 · aged 73

    July 3 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville

    magistrate, civil servant

    1746–1795 · aged 48

    June 10 · 1746

    Source: GeneaStar

  21. Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi

    scholar, poet

    1746–1823 · aged 76

    September 20 · 1746

    No external source identified

  22. Peter Muhlenberg

    military officer, politician

    1746–1807 · aged 61

    October 1 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  23. Theodore Sedgwick

    judge, politician

    1746–1813 · aged 66

    May 9 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  24. Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

    archer, politician

    1746–1812 · aged 65

    September 2 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  25. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    November 8 · 1746

    No external source identified

  26. Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis

    educator, philosopher

    1746–1830 · aged 84

    January 25 · 1746

    Source: Genealogics

  27. Izabela Czartoryska

    philanthropist, salonnière

    1746–1835 · aged 89

    March 3 · 1746

    Source: FemBio database

  28. James Wyatt

    designer, restorer

    1746–1813 · aged 67

    August 3 · 1746

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  29. Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

    politician

    1746–1815 · aged 69

    March 15 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  30. Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken

    aristocrat

    1746–1795 · aged 48

    October 29 · 1746

    No external source identified

  31. George Elphinstone

    businessperson, naval officer

    1746–1823 · aged 77

    January 7 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Infanta Benedita of Portugal

    aristocrat

    1746–1829 · aged 83

    July 25 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. William Billings

    composer

    1746–1800 · aged 53

    October 7 · 1746

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  34. George XII of Georgia

    monarch, royalty

    Date disputed

    November 10 · 1746

    No external source identified

  35. Giovanni Battista Venturi

    physicist

    1746–1822 · aged 75

    September 11 · 1746

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  36. Thomas Heyward, Jr.

    politician, judge

    1746–1809

    July 28 · 1746

    Source: Find a Grave

  37. François-André Vincent

    painter

    1746–1816 · aged 69

    December 30 · 1746

    Source: museabrugge.be

  38. Augustinus Zhao Rong

    Catholic priest

    1746–1815

    1746

    No external source identified

  39. Increase Sumner

    lawyer, judge

    1746–1799 · aged 52

    November 27 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  40. André Michaux

    botanical collector, bryologist

    1746–1802 · aged 56

    March 8 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  41. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

    1746–1821 · aged 75

    March 2 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Sofya Stepanovna Razumovskaya

    lady-in-waiting

    1746–1803 · aged 57

    September 22 · 1746

    No external source identified

  43. James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury

    politician, diplomat

    1746–1820 · aged 74

    April 21 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  44. Alexander Vasilchikov

    military personnel

    1746–1805

    1746

    No external source identified

  45. Maria Magdalena van Beethoven

    1746–1787 · aged 40

    December 19 · 1746

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  46. James Northcote

    painter, writer

    1746–1831 · aged 84

    October 22 · 1746

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  47. Jean-Sifrein Maury

    member of parliament, orator

    1746–1817 · aged 70

    June 26 · 1746

    Source: La France savante

  48. Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

    jurist, politician

    1746–1807 · aged 61

    April 1 · 1746

    Source: Find a Grave

  49. Curt von Stedingk

    military personnel, general field marshal

    1746–1837 · aged 90

    October 26 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  50. Franjo Jelačić

    military officer

    1746–1810

    1746

    Source: Jellačić de Bužim, Franz Freiherr (BLKÖ)

  51. Joachim Heinrich Campe

    linguist, lexicographer

    1746–1818 · aged 72

    June 29 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  52. Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet

    lawyer, politician

    1746–1825 · aged 78

    May 2 · 1746

    Source: Sycomore

  53. Louis-Jérôme Gohier

    minister, jurist

    1746–1830 · aged 84

    February 27 · 1746

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. William Curtis

    lepidopterist, mycologist

    1746–1799 · aged 53

    January 11 · 1746

    Source: Find a Grave

  55. Jean-Nicolas Pache

    politician, mayor

    1746–1823 · aged 77

    May 5 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  56. Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

    military officer, soldier

    1746–1818 · aged 72

    January 31 · 1746

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  57. Giuseppe Cambini

    violinist, composer

    1746–1825 · aged 79

    February 13 · 1746

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  58. Venanzio Rauzzini

    opera singer, teacher

    1746–1810 · aged 63

    December 19 · 1746

    Source: Discogs

  59. Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle

    botanist

    1746–1800 · aged 54

    June 15 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  60. George Bogle

    traveler, explorer

    1746–1781 · aged 34

    November 26 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  61. Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse

    scholar, translator

    Date disputed

    February 15 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  62. Giovanni Punto

    horn player, music arranger

    1746–1803 · aged 56

    September 28 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  63. Francisco de Saavedra

    military personnel, military officer

    1746–1819 · aged 73

    October 4 · 1746

    No external source identified

  64. Peter Jacob Hjelm

    metallurgist, mintmaster

    1746–1813 · aged 67

    October 2 · 1746

    Source: SNAC

  65. Wilhelm Cramer

    chapelmaster, composer

    1746–1799

    1746

    Source: datos.bne.es

  66. Jacques Guillaume Thouret

    politician, jurist

    1746–1794 · aged 47

    April 30 · 1746

    Source: Sycomore

  67. Jean Henri van Swinden

    philosopher, mathematician

    1746–1823 · aged 76

    June 8 · 1746

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  68. Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac

    military officer, politician

    Date disputed

    June 7 · 1746

    No external source identified

  69. John Lambert

    politician

    1746–1823 · aged 76

    February 24 · 1746

    Source: Find a Grave

  70. Luis Paret y Alcázar

    printmaker, draftsperson

    1746–1799 · aged 53

    February 11 · 1746

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  71. Gerard van Spaendonck

    naturalist, botanist

    1746–1822 · aged 76

    March 22 · 1746

    Source: KulturNav

  72. Louise du Pierry

    painter, astronomer

    1746–1830

    July 30 · 1746

    Source: Dictionnaire des femmes de l’ancienne France

  73. Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

    military personnel

    1746–1812 · aged 65

    June 5 · 1746

    Source: lagis-hessen.de

  74. Johann Erich Thunmann

    librarian, romanist

    1746–1778 · aged 32

    August 23 · 1746

    Source: archive.org

  75. Count Christian Frederich I, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

    aristocrat

    1746–1824 · aged 78

    January 8 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  76. Karl von Knorring

    politician, military personnel

    1746–1820 · aged 73

    May 22 · 1746

    Source: Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital

  77. Hanawa Hokiichi

    philologist, philosopher

    1746–1821 · aged 75

    June 23 · 1746

    No external source identified

  78. Joachim Godske Moltke

    politician

    1746–1818 · aged 72

    July 25 · 1746

    No external source identified

  79. Princess Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau

    aristocrat

    1746–1769 · aged 22

    November 18 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  80. Bernt Anker

    merchant

    1746–1805 · aged 58

    November 22 · 1746

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  81. Daniel Albert Wyttenbach

    librarian, philosopher

    1746–1820 · aged 73

    August 7 · 1746

    Source: Leidse Hoogleraren

  82. Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter

    stage actor, playwright

    1746–1797 · aged 50

    September 3 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Miguel José de Azanza, Duke of Santa Fe

    diplomat, politician

    1746–1826 · aged 79

    December 20 · 1746

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  84. Hieronymus van Alphen

    poet, children's writer

    Date disputed

    August 8 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  85. Uno von Troil

    Lutheran pastor, traveler

    1746–1803

    February 24 · 1746

    Source: BnF authorities

  86. Ernst Ludwig Gerber

    organist, composer

    1746–1819 · aged 72

    September 29 · 1746

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  87. Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers

    botanist, physician

    1746–1811 · aged 64

    March 15 · 1746

    No external source identified

  88. Georg Heinrich Borowski

    university teacher, economist

    1746–1801 · aged 55

    July 26 · 1746

    Source: Virtual International Authority File

  89. Jens Christian Svabo

    folklorist, linguist

    1746–1824

    1746

    Source: Nationalencyklopedin

  90. Giuseppe Saverio Poli

    zoologist, physician

    1746–1825 · aged 78

    October 24 · 1746

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  91. Jacob Axelsson Lindblom

    politician, university teacher

    1746–1819 · aged 72

    July 27 · 1746

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  92. Jan Stefani

    composer, violinist

    1746–1829

    1746

    Source: NUKAT

  93. Anders Berlin

    explorer, naturalist

    1746–1773 · aged 27

    May 20 · 1746

    Source: norabygdenshistoria.wordpress.com

  94. Georges Louis Marie Dumont de Courset

    agronomist, botanist

    1746–1824 · aged 77

    September 16 · 1746

    Source: La France savante

  95. Claus Fasting

    journalist, writer

    1746–1791 · aged 45

    October 29 · 1746

    No external source identified

  96. Ignatius Gottfried Kaim

    mineralogist, chemist

    1746–1778

    1746

    No external source identified

  97. Friedrich Ludwig Benda

    composer, violinist

    1746–1792

    1746

    Source: Open Library

  98. Biagio Bartalini

    botanist, physician

    Date disputed

    1746

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

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