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Born in 1758

107 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Maximilien Robespierre

    revolutionary, journalist

    1758–1794 · aged 36

    May 6 · 1758

    Source: Babelio

  2. James Monroe

    governor, farmer

    1758–1831 · aged 73

    April 28 · 1758

    Source: GeneaStar

  3. Horatio Nelson

    admiral, politician

    1758–1805 · aged 47

    September 29 · 1758

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  4. Jean-Jacques Dessalines

    politician

    1758–1806 · aged 48

    September 20 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Noah Webster

    lexicographer, opinion journalist

    1758–1843 · aged 84

    October 16 · 1758

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  6. André Masséna

    politician, military personnel

    1758–1817 · aged 58

    May 6 · 1758

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  7. Sir Thomas Picton

    military officer, captain general

    1758–1815 · aged 56

    August 24 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Go-Momozono

    sovereign

    1758–1779 · aged 21

    August 5 · 1758

    No external source identified

  9. Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

    aristocrat, editor

    1758–1824 · aged 65

    May 13 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  10. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

    aristocrat, bibliophile

    1758–1834 · aged 76

    September 1 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  11. Mary-Anne Paulzzze Lavoisier

    naturalist, chemist

    1758–1836 · aged 78

    January 20 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Jamphel Gyatso

    politician, writer

    1758–1804

    1758

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  13. Mary Darby Robinson

    royal mistress, poet

    1758–1800 · aged 42

    November 27 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  14. Franz Joseph Gall

    physician, physiologist

    1758–1828 · aged 70

    March 9 · 1758

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  15. George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

    land owner, art collector

    1758–1833 · aged 75

    January 9 · 1758

    Source: Genealogics

  16. John Armstrong Jr.

    politician, writer

    1758–1843 · aged 84

    November 25 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  17. Ryōkan

    monk, Buddhist monk

    1758–1831 · aged 72

    November 2 · 1758

    No external source identified

  18. Josepha Weber

    opera singer

    Date disputed

    1758

    Source: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart 1st Edition

  19. Alexander Cochrane

    naval officer, politician

    1758–1832 · aged 73

    April 23 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  20. Charles Lee

    politician, judge

    1758–1815

    1758

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  21. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    aristocrat

    1758–1794 · aged 36

    August 24 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

    draftsperson, painter

    1758–1823 · aged 64

    April 4 · 1758

    Source: La France savante

  23. Osman Pazvantoğlu

    rebel

    1758–1807

    1758

    Source: Sapere Encyclopedia

  24. Philip Gidley King

    explorer, politician

    1758–1808 · aged 50

    April 23 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

    physicist, physician

    1758–1840 · aged 81

    October 11 · 1758

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  26. Pierre-Augustin Hulin

    military personnel, military officer

    1758–1841 · aged 82

    September 6 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  27. Thomas Taylor

    writer, philosopher

    1758–1835 · aged 77

    May 15 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén

    military officer, military personnel

    1758–1852 · aged 94

    April 22 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov

    adjutant, major general

    1758–1803 · aged 45

    September 30 · 1758

    No external source identified

  30. Fisher Ames

    politician, writer

    1758–1808 · aged 50

    April 9 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  31. John Hoppner

    painter, engraver

    1758–1810

    April 4 · 1758

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  32. Maria Anna Thekla Mozart

    homemaker

    1758–1841 · aged 82

    September 25 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  33. Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité

    nurse, politician

    1758–1858 · aged 100

    February 3 · 1758

    No external source identified

  34. Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy

    politician, writer

    1758–1838 · aged 79

    September 22 · 1758

    Source: Reconstructed vital records of Paris

  35. Carle Vernet

    painter, lithographer

    1758–1836

    August 14 · 1758

    Source: museabrugge.be

  36. Jean Joseph Mounier

    judge, official

    1758–1806

    November 12 · 1758

    Source: GeneaStar

  37. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros

    politician, military personnel

    1758–1829 · aged 71

    January 5 · 1758

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  38. Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

    writer, diplomat

    Date disputed

    February 16 · 1758

    Source: Sejm-Wielki.pl

  39. Richard Dobbs Spaight

    politician, farmer

    1758–1802 · aged 44

    March 25 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  40. Duke Eugen of Württemberg

    writer

    1758–1822 · aged 63

    November 21 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  41. Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

    politician

    1758–1844 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  42. Georg Carl von Döbeln

    military personnel

    1758–1820 · aged 61

    April 29 · 1758

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  43. Carl Friedrich Zelter

    music educator, independent publisher

    1758–1832 · aged 73

    December 11 · 1758

    Source: Zelter, Karl Friedrich (ADB)

  44. Watkin Tench

    naval officer, writer

    Date disputed

    October 6 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  45. Shin Yun-bok

    painter

    1758–date unavailable

    1758

    Source: Korean Authority File

  46. Alexander Nasmyth

    painter

    1758–1840 · aged 81

    September 9 · 1758

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  47. Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet

    politician

    1758–1807

    1758

    Source: Electronic Enlightenment

  48. Christopher Gore

    governor, diplomat

    1758–1827 · aged 68

    September 21 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  49. Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet

    historian, painter

    1758–1838 · aged 79

    December 9 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Agustín de Betancourt

    inventor, architect

    1758–1824

    February 1 · 1758

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  51. Louis Friant

    military personnel, politician

    1758–1829 · aged 70

    September 18 · 1758

    Source: Léonore database

  52. Johann von Klenau

    military officer, military personnel

    1758–1819 · aged 61

    April 13 · 1758

    Source: Klenau Freiherr von Janowitz, Johann Graf (BLKÖ)

  53. Marguerite-Élie Guadet

    lawyer, politician

    1758–1794 · aged 35

    July 20 · 1758

    Source: Sycomore

  54. Francesco Piranesi

    architect, graphic artist

    Date disputed

    1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  55. Valentin Vodnik

    literary critic, poet

    1758–1819 · aged 60

    February 3 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  56. Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière

    writer, literary critic

    1758–1837 · aged 79

    November 20 · 1758

    Source: Babelio

  57. Jean Baptiste Eblé

    politician, engineer

    1758–1812

    December 21 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Prince Frederick Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    politician, military officer

    1758–1793 · aged 34

    September 8 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. John Pinkerton

    anthropologist, cartographer

    1758–1826 · aged 68

    February 17 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  60. Benedikt Schack

    conductor, musician

    1758–1826

    February 7 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  61. Joseph Billings

    explorer, seafarer

    1758–1806

    1758

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  62. Magnus Gustav von Essen

    military personnel

    Date disputed

    September 19 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  63. Franz Bauer

    botanical illustrator, painter

    1758–1840 · aged 82

    March 14 · 1758

    Source: REGO

  64. Joseph Hardtmuth

    architect, industrialist

    Date disputed

    February 13 · 1758

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  65. Alexandros Soutzos

    Dragoman of the Porte, ruler

    1758–1821

    1758

    No external source identified

  66. Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars

    explorer, botanical collector

    1758–1831 · aged 72

    November 5 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  67. Louise-Félicité de Kéralio

    writer, independent publisher

    Date disputed

    August 25 · 1758

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  68. Peter Andreas Heiberg

    linguist, philologist

    1758–1841 · aged 82

    November 16 · 1758

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  69. Hannah Webster Foster

    writer, novelist

    Date disputed

    September 10 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  70. Juan José Paso

    politician, lawyer

    1758–1833 · aged 75

    January 2 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  71. Josepha Barbara Auernhammer

    composer, music educator

    1758–1820 · aged 61

    September 25 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  72. John Sibthorp

    mycologist, botanist

    1758–1796 · aged 37

    October 28 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  73. Armand Gensonné

    philosopher, lawyer

    1758–1793 · aged 35

    August 10 · 1758

    Source: Sycomore

  74. Vasily Kapnist

    playwright, poet

    1758–1823

    February 23 · 1758

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  75. François Louis Bourdon

    lawyer, politician

    1758–1798 · aged 40

    January 11 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  76. Nicolas Lupot

    violin maker, luthier

    1758–1824 · aged 65

    December 4 · 1758

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  77. Stefan Stratimirović

    historian, archbishop

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1758

    Source: Stratimirovic, Stephan von (BLKÖ)

  78. Louis Adam

    music educator, composer

    1758–1848 · aged 89

    December 3 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  79. Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis

    1758–1800 · aged 41

    July 20 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  80. John Vining

    politician, lawyer

    1758–1802

    December 23 · 1758

    Source: SNAC

  81. Étienne Vigée

    playwright, writer

    1758–1820 · aged 61

    December 2 · 1758

    No external source identified

  82. William Billingsley

    porcelain painter, painter

    1758–1828

    1758

    Source: Billingsley, William

  83. August Lafontaine

    writer

    Date disputed

    October 5 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  84. Harriett Abrams

    opera singer, composer

    Date disputed

    1758

    No external source identified

  85. Johann Heinrich von Dannecker

    sculptor, artist

    Date disputed

    October 15 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  86. Cristóbal Bencomo y Rodríguez

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1758–1835 · aged 76

    August 30 · 1758

    No external source identified

  87. Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten

    librettist, university teacher

    1758–1818 · aged 60

    February 1 · 1758

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  88. Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco

    politician

    1758–1819 · aged 60

    May 17 · 1758

    Source: Find a Grave

  89. Emmanuele de Gregorio

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1758–1839 · aged 80

    December 18 · 1758

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  90. Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Krayenhoff

    military personnel, physician

    Date disputed

    June 2 · 1758

    Source: RKDartists

  91. Joseph Gelínek

    organist, conductor

    1758–1825 · aged 66

    December 3 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  92. Jakub Kubicki

    architect

    1758–1833

    1758

    Source: NUKAT

  93. Vincenzo, Count Dandolo

    politician, pharmacist

    Date disputed

    October 26 · 1758

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  94. Clotilde Tambroni

    poet, linguist

    1758–1817

    June 29 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  95. Josaphat Bulhak

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1758–1838 · aged 79

    April 20 · 1758

    No external source identified

  96. Charles d'Abancourt

    military personnel, politician

    1758–1792 · aged 34

    July 4 · 1758

    Source: Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 (volume 1)

  97. Agostino Rivarola

    Catholic deacon, Catholic priest

    1758–1842 · aged 84

    March 14 · 1758

    No external source identified

  98. Vicente Cervantes

    pharmacist, botanist

    1758–1829 · aged 71

    February 17 · 1758

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  99. Fyodor Matveyev

    painter, landscape painter

    1758–1826

    1758

    Source: Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive

  100. James Donn

    botanist, author

    1758–1813

    1758

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  101. Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix

    zoologist, jurist

    1758–1830 · aged 71

    April 27 · 1758

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  102. António Leal Moreira

    organist, conductor

    1758–1819 · aged 61

    June 30 · 1758

    Source: BnF authorities

  103. Claës Fredrik Hornstedt

    botanist, naturalist

    1758–1809

    February 12 · 1758

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  104. Franz Teyber

    conductor, chapelmaster

    Date disputed

    August 25 · 1758

    No external source identified

  105. Arina Rodionovna

    nanny, pedagogue

    1758–1828 · aged 70

    April 21 · 1758

    No external source identified

  106. Luigi Ercolani

    Catholic priest

    1758–1825 · aged 67

    October 17 · 1758

    No external source identified

  107. Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1758–1842 · aged 84

    March 12 · 1758

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

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