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Born in 1756

110 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    musician, organist

    1756–1791 · aged 35

    January 27 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  2. Aaron Burr

    bretteur, military officer

    1756–1836 · aged 80

    February 6 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  3. William Godwin

    political philosopher, science fiction writer

    1756–1836 · aged 80

    March 3 · 1756

    Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project

  4. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

    politician, aristocrat

    1756–1825 · aged 69

    May 27 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  5. Henry Lee III

    politician, governor

    1756–1818 · aged 62

    January 29 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  6. Angelica Schuyler Church

    socialite

    1756–1814 · aged 58

    February 20 · 1756

    No external source identified

  7. John Trumbull

    painter, architect

    1756–1843 · aged 87

    June 6 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  8. Maria Fitzherbert

    mistress, politician

    1756–1837 · aged 80

    July 26 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  9. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy

    thief, con artist

    1756–1791 · aged 35

    July 22 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Abbé Faria

    monk, Catholic priest

    1756–1819 · aged 63

    May 30 · 1756

    No external source identified

  11. Ernst Chladni

    philosopher, geologist

    1756–1827 · aged 70

    November 30 · 1756

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  12. James Gillray

    cartographer, printmaker

    Date disputed

    August 13 · 1756

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  13. Herman of Alaska

    explorer, monk

    Date disputed

    1756

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  14. John Loudon McAdam

    engineer, inventor

    1756–1836 · aged 80

    September 21 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  15. Duke Ludwig of Württemberg

    military personnel

    1756–1817 · aged 61

    August 30 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  16. Maria Theresa of Savoy

    aristocrat

    1756–1805 · aged 49

    January 31 · 1756

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  17. Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

    politician

    1756–1830 · aged 74

    April 13 · 1756

    Source: Genealogics

  18. Jean-Baptiste Carrier

    politician, revolutionary

    1756–1794 · aged 38

    March 16 · 1756

    Source: Roglo

  19. Federico Gravina

    naval officer, sailor

    Date disputed

    August 12 · 1756

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  20. Henry Raeburn

    painter, portraitist

    1756–1823 · aged 67

    March 4 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  21. Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1756–1801 · aged 44

    December 8 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

    politician, lawyer

    1756–1794 · aged 38

    January 3 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Bernard Germain de Lacépède

    professor, naturalist

    1756–1825 · aged 68

    December 26 · 1756

    Source: Musicalics

  24. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    aristocrat

    1756–1808 · aged 51

    March 9 · 1756

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. Joseph Martin Kraus

    composer, university teacher

    1756–1792 · aged 36

    June 20 · 1756

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  26. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

    military personnel, politician

    1756–1835 · aged 78

    October 9 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  27. Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

    politician, lawyer

    1756–1819 · aged 63

    April 23 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

    politician, naval officer

    1756–1833 · aged 76

    October 13 · 1756

    Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

  29. William Richardson Davie

    politician, lawyer

    1756–1820

    June 20 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  30. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    sovereign

    1756–1837 · aged 80

    December 10 · 1756

    Source: The Peerage

  31. Karl Philipp Moritz

    essayist, publisher

    Date disputed

    September 15 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Jean-Antoine Chaptal

    politician, chemist

    Date disputed

    June 5 · 1756

    Source: Léonore database

  33. David Collins

    governor, military officer

    1756–1810 · aged 54

    March 3 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  34. François Chabot

    politician

    1756–1794 · aged 37

    October 23 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  35. Louis Marie Turreau

    diplomat, military personnel

    1756–1816 · aged 60

    July 4 · 1756

    Source: Roglo

  36. Dmitry Dokhturov

    military personnel

    1756–1816 · aged 60

    September 12 · 1756

    No external source identified

  37. Carl Olof Cronstedt

    military personnel

    1756–1820 · aged 63

    October 3 · 1756

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  38. William Lambton

    geographer, geodesist

    Date disputed

    1756

    Source: SNAC

  39. Pavel Vranický

    bandleader, conductor

    1756–1808

    December 30 · 1756

    Source: Česká divadelní encyklopedie

  40. Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde

    general field marshal, military officer

    Date disputed

    August 29 · 1756

    Source: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950

  41. Robert Lefèvre

    painter

    1756–1830 · aged 74

    April 17 · 1756

    Source: Léonore database

  42. Michael von Kienmayer

    military leader, military officer

    1756–1828

    January 17 · 1756

    Source: Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift

  43. Wojciech Żywny

    violinist, piano teacher

    Date disputed

    May 13 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  44. Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre

    military personnel, military commander

    Date disputed

    August 19 · 1756

    Source: man8rove.com

  45. Singu Min

    monarch

    1756–1782 · aged 25

    May 10 · 1756

    No external source identified

  46. Aaron Ogden

    lawyer, politician

    1756–1839 · aged 82

    December 3 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  47. John White

    ornithologist, botanist

    1756–1832

    1756

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  48. Pierre-Joseph Cambon

    politician, merchant

    1756–1820 · aged 63

    June 10 · 1756

    Source: GeneaStar

  49. Miguel Domínguez

    lawyer, politician

    1756–1830 · aged 74

    January 14 · 1756

    No external source identified

  50. Simeon De Witt

    surveyor, cartographer

    1756–1834 · aged 77

    December 25 · 1756

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  51. Bartolomeo Pacca

    nuncio, archaeologist

    1756–1844

    December 25 · 1756

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  52. William Rush

    sculptor

    1756–1833 · aged 76

    July 4 · 1756

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  53. Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak

    military personnel, military officer

    1756–1800 · aged 43

    October 28 · 1756

    No external source identified

  54. Willem Bilderdijk

    jurist, poet

    1756–1831 · aged 75

    September 7 · 1756

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  55. Louis-Marie-Joseph Maximilian Caffarelli du Falga

    military personnel

    1756–1799 · aged 43

    February 13 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  56. Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester

    politician

    1756–1826 · aged 70

    April 28 · 1756

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  57. Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles

    politician, military officer

    1756–1804 · aged 47

    April 17 · 1756

    Source: Sycomore

  58. François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas

    jurist, politician

    1756–1826 · aged 69

    December 8 · 1756

    Source: Sycomore

  59. Insha Allah Khan

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    1756

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  60. Anton Tomaž Linhart

    historian, poet

    1756–1795 · aged 38

    December 11 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  61. Hosoda Eishi

    painter, ukiyo-e artist

    1756–1829 · aged 73

    January 27 · 1756

    Source: ArtCyclopedia

  62. Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc

    historian, politician

    1756–1845 · aged 89

    March 2 · 1756

    Source: Léonore database

  63. Christian Frederik Hansen

    university teacher, architect

    1756–1845 · aged 89

    February 29 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  64. Guillaume-Antoine Olivier

    arachnologist, botanist

    1756–1814 · aged 58

    January 19 · 1756

    Source: Base biographique

  65. Francesca Lebrun

    opera singer, stage actor

    1756–1791 · aged 35

    March 24 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  66. Kyprianos

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    1756–1821

    1756

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  67. Pierre Louis Prieur

    politician, jurist

    1756–1827 · aged 70

    August 1 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  68. Marie-Madeleine Postel

    founder, nun

    1756–1846 · aged 89

    November 28 · 1756

    Source: GCatholic.org

  69. Jan Śniadecki

    physicist, geographer

    1756–1830

    August 29 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. Everard Home

    surgeon, paleontologist

    1756–1832 · aged 76

    May 6 · 1756

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  71. Christian Gottfried Körner

    writer, composer

    1756–1831 · aged 74

    July 2 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  72. Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde

    jurist, lawyer

    1756–1841 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1756

    Source: Roglo

  73. Antoinette Saint-Huberty

    actor, opera singer

    1756–1812 · aged 55

    December 15 · 1756

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  74. Georg Friedrich von Martens

    writer, politician

    1756–1821 · aged 64

    February 22 · 1756

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  75. Jonathan Mason

    lawyer, politician

    1756–1831 · aged 75

    September 12 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  76. William Strutt

    inventor, businessperson

    1756–1830 · aged 74

    July 20 · 1756

    Source: Dictionary of National Biography

  77. Mlle Raucourt

    stage actor, actor

    1756–1815

    March 3 · 1756

    Source: SNAC

  78. Victor de Broglie

    politician, military personnel

    1756–1794 · aged 37

    September 22 · 1756

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  79. Eulogius Schneider

    Catholic theologian, politician

    1756–1794 · aged 37

    October 20 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  80. Louis-François Cassas

    archaeologist, architect

    1756–1827

    June 3 · 1756

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  81. Franz Josef Gerstner

    teacher, railway engineer

    Date disputed

    February 22 · 1756

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  82. James Schureman

    politician

    1756–1824 · aged 67

    February 12 · 1756

    Source: Find a Grave

  83. Vincenzo Righini

    singer, opera singer

    1756–1812 · aged 56

    January 22 · 1756

    Source: Discogs

  84. Chrystian Piotr Aigner

    architect

    1756–1841

    1756

    Source: European Theatre Architecture DB

  85. Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg

    military personnel, politician

    Date disputed

    February 11 · 1756

    Source: Sycomore

  86. Claude Carra Saint-Cyr

    military personnel, diplomat

    Date disputed

    December 28 · 1756

    No external source identified

  87. Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny

    minister, military officer

    1756–1834 · aged 77

    August 4 · 1756

    Source: GeneaStar

  88. Ignatius Aurelius Fessler

    orientalist, historian

    1756–1839 · aged 83

    May 18 · 1756

    Source: Feßler, Ignaz Aurel (BLKÖ)

  89. Joseph Chinard

    sculptor

    1756–1813 · aged 57

    February 12 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  90. Maria Pellegrina Amoretti

    jurist

    1756–1787 · aged 31

    May 12 · 1756

    Source: Amoretti, Maria Pellegrina (BLKÖ)

  91. Gaspare Landi

    painter

    1756–1830 · aged 74

    January 6 · 1756

    Source: RKDartists

  92. Louis, 1st Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt

    aristocrat

    1756–1817 · aged 60

    October 1 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  93. Brita Hagberg

    military personnel

    1756–1825

    1756

    No external source identified

  94. Johann Vogel

    composer, horn player

    1756–1788 · aged 32

    March 18 · 1756

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  95. Carl Gustaf af Leopold

    poet, translator

    1756–1829

    1756

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  96. Jacob Georg Christian Adler

    archaeologist, orientalist

    1756–1834 · aged 77

    December 8 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  97. Lorenzo Litta

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    February 23 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  98. Paul Erdmann Isert

    botanist, ornithologist

    1756–1789 · aged 32

    October 20 · 1756

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  99. Giuseppe Spina

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    March 11 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  100. Olof Åhlström

    music publisher, organist

    Date disputed

    August 14 · 1756

    Source: ArkivDigital online

  101. Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten

    botanist, physician

    1756–1843

    April 7 · 1756

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  102. Étienne Hubert de Cambacérès

    Catholic priest, politician

    1756–1818 · aged 62

    September 11 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  103. Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann

    physician, chemist

    1756–1801 · aged 45

    February 17 · 1756

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. François Noël

    translator, literary scholar

    1756–1841 · aged 85

    January 12 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  105. Adrian Diel

    chemist, pomologist

    1756–1833

    February 4 · 1756

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  106. Konrad Mannert

    geographer, university teacher

    1756–1834 · aged 78

    April 17 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. Carl Gustav Jablonsky

    naturalist, illustrator

    1756–1787

    1756

    Source: NUKAT

  108. Thomas Linley

    writer, composer

    1756–1778 · aged 22

    May 7 · 1756

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  109. Patrício da Silva

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    October 15 · 1756

    Source: webdept.fiu.edu

  110. Tommaso Arezzo

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    December 16 · 1756

    Source: webdept.fiu.edu

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