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Born in 1747

75 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

    politician

    1747–1792 · aged 44

    May 5 · 1747

    Source: Habsburg, Leopold II. (deutscher Kaiser) (BLKÖ)

  2. John Paul Jones

    seafarer, naval officer

    1747–1792 · aged 45

    July 6 · 1747

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  3. Mikhail Kutuzov

    military officer, diplomat

    1747–1813 · aged 65

    September 16 · 1747

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia Portal

  4. Timothy Dexter

    businessperson, merchant

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1747

    No external source identified

  5. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

    military personnel, politician

    1747–1793 · aged 46

    April 13 · 1747

    Source: RKDartists

  6. Daniel Shays

    military officer, farmer

    1747–1825

    1747

    Source: SNAC

  7. Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel

    military officer

    1747–1837 · aged 89

    September 11 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Abraham-Louis Breguet

    businessperson, mechanic

    1747–1823 · aged 76

    January 10 · 1747

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  9. Iolo Morganwg

    writer, counterfeiter

    1747–1826

    March 10 · 1747

    Source: Dictionary of National Biography

  10. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Prince of Lamballe

    1747–1768 · aged 20

    September 6 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Alexander Baranov

    explorer, politician

    1747–1819 · aged 71

    December 4 · 1747

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  12. Johann Elert Bode

    astronomer, university teacher

    1747–1826

    January 19 · 1747

    Source: tnk.krakow.pl

  13. Alexander Fraser Tytler

    writer, lawyer

    1747–1813 · aged 65

    October 15 · 1747

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  14. Rose Bertin

    Marchandes de modes, modiste

    1747–1813 · aged 66

    July 2 · 1747

    Source: Bertin, Rose

  15. John Tyler

    governor, politician

    1747–1813 · aged 65

    February 28 · 1747

    Source: GeneaStar

  16. Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria

    aristocrat

    1747–1777 · aged 30

    June 13 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  17. Vivant Denon

    Egyptologist, etcher

    1747–1825 · aged 78

    January 4 · 1747

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  18. Roger Ducos

    lawyer, politician

    1747–1816 · aged 68

    July 25 · 1747

    Source: Sycomore

  19. Jean-Baptiste Belley

    politician, soldier

    1747–1805 · aged 58

    July 1 · 1747

    Source: Sycomore

  20. Armand Louis de Gontaut

    politician, military personnel

    1747–1793 · aged 46

    April 13 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  21. Gottfried August Bürger

    actor, writer

    1747–1794 · aged 46

    December 31 · 1747

    Source: Library of the World's Best Literature

  22. Anna Seward

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    December 12 · 1747

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  23. Józef Wybicki

    poet, translator

    1747–1822 · aged 74

    September 29 · 1747

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  24. Grigory Shelikhov

    explorer, founder

    Date disputed

    1747

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  25. Christoph Meiners

    anthropologist, cultural studies scholar

    1747–1810 · aged 62

    July 31 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  26. Gunning Bedford Jr.

    politician, judge

    1747–1812 · aged 64

    April 13 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  27. Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Paşa

    official, military personnel

    1747–1818

    1747

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  28. Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark

    aristocrat

    1747–1820 · aged 72

    July 10 · 1747

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  29. Alexander Bezborodko

    politician, diplomat

    1747–1799 · aged 52

    March 25 · 1747

    Source: EB-11 / Bezborodko, Aleksander Andreevich

  30. Leopold Koželuch

    pianist, music publisher

    1747–1818 · aged 70

    June 26 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  31. Teresa Margaret Redi

    nun

    1747–1770 · aged 22

    September 1 · 1747

    No external source identified

  32. Prince Henry of Prussia

    major general, aristocrat

    1747–1767 · aged 19

    December 30 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  33. Jean-François Rewbell

    politician, local government officer

    1747–1807 · aged 60

    October 6 · 1747

    Source: Roglo

  34. François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

    sociologist, writer

    1747–1827 · aged 80

    January 11 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  35. Thomas Coke

    missionary, priest

    1747–1814

    September 9 · 1747

    Source: Find a Grave

  36. Shiba Kōkan

    xylographer, ukiyo-e artist

    1747–1818

    1747

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  37. Markus Herz

    physician, philosopher

    1747–1803 · aged 56

    January 17 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  38. Friedrich Justin Bertuch

    non-fiction writer, visual artist

    1747–1822 · aged 74

    September 30 · 1747

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  39. Eugenio Espejo

    writer, lawyer

    1747–1795 · aged 48

    February 21 · 1747

    Source: Base biographique

  40. Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

    politician, military personnel

    1747–1804 · aged 56

    December 18 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  41. Olfert Fischer

    naval officer

    1747–1829 · aged 81

    August 4 · 1747

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  42. Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

    military officer, statesperson

    1747–1817 · aged 69

    February 16 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  43. Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé

    military officer, politician

    1747–1814 · aged 66

    October 14 · 1747

    Source: Roglo

  44. François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy

    diplomat, politician

    1747–1830 · aged 82

    October 20 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  45. Sigmund Zois

    writer, mineralogist

    1747–1819 · aged 71

    November 23 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Antoine Nicolas Duchesne

    agronomist, teacher

    1747–1827 · aged 79

    October 7 · 1747

    Source: La France savante

  47. Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    translator

    1747–1806

    August 14 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  48. John Aikin

    writer, biographer

    1747–1822 · aged 75

    January 15 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  49. Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

    chapelmaster, musician

    1747–1800 · aged 53

    March 31 · 1747

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  50. Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu

    jurist, politician

    1747–1825 · aged 78

    March 26 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. Benjamin Vulliamy

    watchmaker, businessperson

    1747–1811 · aged 64

    August 27 · 1747

    No external source identified

  52. Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz

    composer, music educator

    Date disputed

    August 5 · 1747

    Source: Grove Music Online

  53. Vincenzo Brenna

    architect, painter

    1747–1820 · aged 72

    August 20 · 1747

    No external source identified

  54. Joseph Chalier

    lawyer, politician

    1747–1793

    1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  55. Franz von Paula Schrank

    entomologist, mycologist

    1747–1835 · aged 88

    August 21 · 1747

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  56. Ivan Khandoshkin

    music educator, violinist

    1747–1804

    1747

    Source: Open Library

  57. Johann Wilhelm Hässler

    organist, pianist

    1747–1822 · aged 75

    March 29 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  58. Ivan Mane Jarnović

    musician, violinist

    1747–1804 · aged 57

    October 26 · 1747

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  59. Gaspar de Vigodet

    military personnel, politician

    1747–1834

    1747

    No external source identified

  60. Natalis Pinot

    parson, Catholic priest

    1747–1794 · aged 46

    December 19 · 1747

    Source: GeneaStar

  61. Heinrich Leopold Wagner

    playwright, dramaturge

    1747–1779 · aged 32

    February 19 · 1747

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  62. György Bessenyei

    philosopher, playwright

    1747–1811

    1747

    Source: Electronic Enlightenment

  63. André Thouin

    agronomist, botanist

    1747–1824 · aged 77

    February 10 · 1747

    Source: IdRef

  64. D'Ewes Coke

    presbyter, philanthropist

    1747–1811

    1747

    No external source identified

  65. Carsten Anker

    politician, businessperson

    1747–1824 · aged 76

    November 17 · 1747

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  66. Yasuaki Aida

    mathematician

    1747–1817

    February 10 · 1747

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  67. Michele di Pietro

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1747–1821 · aged 74

    January 18 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  68. Maria Katharina Prestel

    printmaker, painter

    1747–1794 · aged 46

    July 22 · 1747

    Source: CLARA

  69. Felice Alessandri

    conductor, harpsichordist

    Date disputed

    November 24 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

    sovereign

    1747–1813 · aged 66

    May 6 · 1747

    Source: The Peerage

  71. Georges de Bièvre

    playwright, writer

    1747–1789 · aged 41

    November 13 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  72. Ange-François Fariau

    poet, writer

    1747–1810 · aged 63

    October 13 · 1747

    Source: La France savante

  73. Konstancja Benislawska

    songwriter, poet

    1747–1806 · aged 59

    January 6 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  74. Francisco Antonio Javier de Gardoqui Arriquíbar

    Catholic priest

    1747–1820 · aged 72

    October 9 · 1747

    No external source identified

  75. Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti

    inquisitor, Catholic bishop

    1747–1819 · aged 72

    February 25 · 1747

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

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