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Born in 1762

102 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. George IV of the United Kingdom

    patron of the arts, politician

    1762–1830 · aged 67

    August 12 · 1762

    Source: The Peerage

  2. Constanze Mozart

    writer, opera singer

    1762–1842 · aged 80

    January 5 · 1762

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  3. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

    military officer, soldier

    1762–1806 · aged 43

    March 25 · 1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Spencer Perceval

    jurist, politician

    1762–1812 · aged 49

    November 1 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Johann Gottlieb Fichte

    philosopher, writer

    1762–1814

    May 19 · 1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  6. Lachlan Macquarie

    explorer, politician

    1762–1824 · aged 62

    January 31 · 1762

    Source: The Peerage

  7. Bushrod Washington

    military officer, judge

    1762–1829 · aged 67

    June 5 · 1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  8. Gia Long

    monarch

    1762–1820 · aged 57

    February 8 · 1762

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  9. James Hoban

    architect

    1762–1831

    1762

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  10. Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

    politician, count

    1762–1833 · aged 71

    April 29 · 1762

    Source: Sycomore

  11. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

    aristocrat

    1762–1770 · aged 7

    March 20 · 1762

    No external source identified

  12. Juan O’Donojú

    military personnel, captain general

    1762–1821 · aged 59

    July 30 · 1762

    No external source identified

  13. André Chénier

    writer, poet

    1762–1794 · aged 31

    October 30 · 1762

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  14. Sheikh Mansur

    resistance fighter, cleric

    Date disputed

    1762

    No external source identified

  15. Edmund Ignatius Rice

    pedagogue

    1762–1844 · aged 82

    June 1 · 1762

    Source: GCatholic.org

  16. Herman Willem Daendels

    lawyer, politician

    1762–1818 · aged 55

    October 21 · 1762

    Source: Onsland.nl

  17. Pierre André Latreille

    arachnologist, deacon

    1762–1833 · aged 70

    November 29 · 1762

    Source: La France savante

  18. Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori

    military personnel, military officer

    1762–1829

    1762

    No external source identified

  19. Jeong Yak-yong

    poet, philosopher

    1762–1836

    1762

    Source: SNAC

  20. Theroigne de Mericourt

    women's rights activist, salonnière

    1762–1817 · aged 54

    August 13 · 1762

    Source: Roglo

  21. Moses Sofer

    rabbi, talmudist

    1762–1839 · aged 77

    September 24 · 1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Syama Sastri

    composer, poet

    1762–1827

    1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

    1762–1823 · aged 61

    April 4 · 1762

    Source: The Peerage

  24. Giovanni Aldini

    physicist

    Date disputed

    April 16 · 1762

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  25. Catherine Grand

    courtesan

    1762–1834

    November 21 · 1762

    No external source identified

  26. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

    malacologist, zoologist

    1762–1829

    February 15 · 1762

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  27. Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

    politician

    1762–1834 · aged 72

    May 22 · 1762

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  28. Senzangakhona kaJama

    1762–1816

    1762

    No external source identified

  29. Jacob Johan Anckarström

    military officer, military personnel

    1762–1792 · aged 29

    May 11 · 1762

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  30. Jacques Balmat

    amateur geology, explorer

    1762–1834

    January 19 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  31. Sada Kaur

    politician

    1762–1832

    1762

    No external source identified

  32. Joanna Baillie

    tragedy writer, playwright

    1762–1851 · aged 88

    September 11 · 1762

    Source: books.google.ca

  33. Felice Pasquale Baciocchi

    politician, military personnel

    1762–1841 · aged 78

    May 18 · 1762

    Source: Léonore database

  34. Karl Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

    aristocrat

    1762–1825 · aged 62

    September 10 · 1762

    Source: Royal Academy of Arts

  35. Home Riggs Popham

    diplomat, naval officer

    1762–1820 · aged 57

    October 12 · 1762

    Source: The Peerage

  36. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    1762–1831 · aged 69

    June 20 · 1762

    No external source identified

  37. Mary Randolph

    writer

    1762–1828 · aged 65

    August 9 · 1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  38. Jan Willem Janssens

    military officer, politician

    1762–1838 · aged 75

    October 12 · 1762

    Source: Léonore database

  39. Michael Kelly

    songwriter, composer

    1762–1826 · aged 63

    December 25 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Anton Bernolák

    Christian minister, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    October 3 · 1762

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  41. María Teresa de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba

    model, salonnière

    1762–1802 · aged 40

    June 10 · 1762

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  42. Victor Hugues

    sailor, wholesaler

    1762–1826

    July 21 · 1762

    Source: archives13.fr

  43. Susanna Rowson

    poet, novelist

    1762–1824

    1762

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  44. William Lisle Bowles

    poet, Anglican priest

    1762–1850 · aged 87

    September 24 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  45. Paul Hamilton

    politician

    1762–1816 · aged 53

    October 16 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  46. Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

    pathologist, university teacher

    1762–1836 · aged 74

    August 12 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  47. Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet

    civil servant, governor-general

    Date disputed

    1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  48. William Branch Giles

    politician, governor

    1762–1830 · aged 68

    August 12 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  49. Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

    military officer, soldier

    1762–1823 · aged 60

    April 9 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  50. Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein

    lieutenant general, military personnel

    1762–1823 · aged 61

    March 24 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. George Colman the Younger

    poet, theatre manager

    1762–1836 · aged 73

    October 21 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  52. William Robert Broughton

    explorer

    1762–1821

    May 22 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  53. Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat

    aristocrat

    1762–1799 · aged 36

    December 13 · 1762

    No external source identified

  54. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine

    artist, painter

    1762–1853 · aged 91

    September 20 · 1762

    Source: KNAW Past Members

  55. Giuseppe Valadier

    urban planner, art historian

    1762–1839 · aged 76

    April 14 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  56. Jeremias Benjamin Richter

    chemist, mathematician

    1762–1807 · aged 45

    March 10 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

    politician

    1762–1847 · aged 85

    December 22 · 1762

    Source: The Peerage

  58. Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand

    politician, military personnel

    1762–1815 · aged 52

    February 23 · 1762

    Source: Léonore database

  59. Jean-Étienne Championnet

    military personnel, military officer

    1762–1800 · aged 37

    April 13 · 1762

    No external source identified

  60. Girolamo Crescentini

    sopranist, composer

    Date disputed

    February 2 · 1762

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  61. Ioan Sturdza

    monarch

    1762–1842

    1762

    Source: moldova.ms

  62. George William Smith

    politician

    1762–1811

    1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  63. Marcos Portugal

    conductor, organist

    1762–1830 · aged 67

    March 24 · 1762

    Source: Musicalics

  64. Anthimus III, Patriarch of Constantinople

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    1762–1842

    1762

    No external source identified

  65. Christian August Vulpius

    librarian, writer

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  66. Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp

    diplomat, magistrate

    1762–1834 · aged 71

    October 27 · 1762

    Source: KNAW Past Members

  67. Stephen Storace

    composer

    Date disputed

    April 4 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  68. Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden

    judge, politician

    1762–1832 · aged 70

    October 7 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  69. Dominic Constantine, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

    soldier

    1762–1814 · aged 52

    April 16 · 1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  70. Jean-Baptiste Wicar

    painter, art collector

    1762–1834 · aged 72

    January 2 · 1762

    No external source identified

  71. Walter Leake

    politician, lawyer

    1762–1825

    May 25 · 1762

    No external source identified

  72. Fabian Steinheil

    governor-general, politician

    1762–1831 · aged 68

    October 14 · 1762

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  73. Montfort Stokes

    politician, militia officer

    1762–1842 · aged 80

    March 12 · 1762

    Source: NCpedia

  74. Theodorus Frederik van Capellen

    naval officer

    1762–1824 · aged 61

    September 6 · 1762

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  75. Marie-Geneviève Bouliard

    artist, painter

    Date disputed

    1762

    Source: RKDartists

  76. Karol Kniaziewicz

    politician, emigration activist

    1762–1842 · aged 80

    May 4 · 1762

    Source: tnk.krakow.pl

  77. Feliks Janiewicz

    composer, violinist

    1762–1848

    1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  78. Karl Christian Gmelin

    physician, entomologist

    1762–1837

    March 18 · 1762

    Source: Base biographique

  79. Jan Rustem

    university teacher, painter

    1762–1835

    1762

    Source: RKDartists

  80. Antoine Christophe Merlin

    politician

    1762–1833 · aged 71

    September 13 · 1762

    Source: Sycomore

  81. Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac

    politician, lawyer

    Date disputed

    February 23 · 1762

    No external source identified

  82. William Turton

    zoologist, printer

    1762–1835 · aged 73

    May 21 · 1762

    No external source identified

  83. Abraham Stern

    inventor, translator

    1762–1842

    1762

    No external source identified

  84. Johan Albrecht Ehrenström

    politician, architect

    1762–1847 · aged 84

    August 28 · 1762

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  85. Giovanni Battista Monteggia

    physician, anatomist

    1762–1815 · aged 52

    August 8 · 1762

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  86. Joseph Ingraham

    shopkeeper, explorer

    1762–1800

    1762

    Source: Open Library

  87. Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz

    politician, lawyer

    1762–1838 · aged 76

    January 25 · 1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  88. Yury Golovkin

    politician, diplomat

    Date disputed

    December 4 · 1762

    No external source identified

  89. Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis

    politician, librettist

    1762–1834 · aged 71

    December 26 · 1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  90. Pierre-Édouard Lémontey

    journalist, historian

    1762–1826 · aged 64

    January 14 · 1762

    Source: Roglo

  91. Luigi Rusca

    architect

    1762–1822

    September 2 · 1762

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  92. Robert Townson

    botanist, scientific explorer

    1762–1827 · aged 65

    April 4 · 1762

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  93. Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny

    music publisher, composer

    1762–1842 · aged 80

    January 20 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  94. Pierre-Jean Garat

    composer, singer

    Date disputed

    April 26 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  95. Johann Heinrich Abicht

    philosopher, university teacher

    1762–1816 · aged 54

    May 4 · 1762

    Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project

  96. Petronella Moens

    journalist, editor

    1762–1843

    November 16 · 1762

    Source: BnF authorities

  97. Martin Boos

    parson, theologian

    1762–1825 · aged 62

    December 25 · 1762

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  98. Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski

    writer, linguist

    1762–1808 · aged 45

    December 2 · 1762

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  99. Georg Friedrich Benecke

    philologist, linguist

    1762–1844 · aged 82

    June 10 · 1762

    Source: SNAC

  100. Giuseppe Antonio Sala

    Catholic priest

    1762–1839 · aged 76

    October 27 · 1762

    Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

  101. Juan Escoiquiz

    preceptor, politician

    Date disputed

    1762

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  102. Alexey Bobrinsky

    military personnel

    1762–1813 · aged 51

    April 22 · 1762

    No external source identified

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