1
Carl Linnaeus
(Botanist)
131
64
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Linnés Råshults Stiftelse, Älmhult Municipality, Sweden
Died: January 10, 1778
2
Leonhard Euler
(Mathematician, Physicist)
117
29
3
Charles Wesley
(Poet)
12
1
Listed In: Theologians
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Died: March 29, 1788
4
Carlo Goldoni
(Italian Librettist and Playwright Credited with Producing Some of Italy's Best-Loved and Most Famous Plays)
4
1
Listed In: Playwrights
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: February 6, 1793
5
Stephen Hopkins
(Justice)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: July 13, 1785
6
Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germai
(General)
1
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vertamboz, France
Died: January 15, 1778
7
Frederick Louis, prince of Wales
(Prince)
5
7
Listed In: Noblemen
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: March 31, 1751
8
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 12, 1777
9
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
(French Mathematician, Cosmologist Encyclopédiste and One of the First Naturalists to Recognize Ecological Succession)
2
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montbard, France
Died: April 16, 1788
10
Henry Fielding
(Writer)
7
23
11
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
(Rabbi)
1
0
12
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
(Religious leader)
1
0
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: 24th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leicestershire, England
Died: June 17, 1791
13
Johannes Grubenmann
(Engineer)
1
0
Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Teufen, Switzerland
Died: June 10, 1771
14
Louis of Spain
(King)
0
4
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buen Retiro Palace, Spain
Died: August 31, 1724
15
John Baskerville
(Businessman)
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1
Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wolverley, England
Died: January 8, 1775
16
Marie Sallé
(choreographer, ballet dancer, ballet master)
0
1
17
Johann August Ernesti
(Theologian, Writer, Classical philologist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bad Tennstedt, Germany
Died: September 11, 1781
18
Benjamin Robins
(Engineer and mathematician)
0
1
19
Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet
(Scottish Physician Who Has Been Called the “Father of Military Medicine”)
0
1
Listed In: General Practitioners
Birthdate: 10th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died: January 18, 1782
20
Johann Julius Hecker
(Educator)
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1
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 2nd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Essen-Werden, Essen, Germany
Died: June 24, 1768
21
Robert Foulis
(Publisher)
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1
Listed In: Publishers
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 2, 1776
22
Francisco Salzillo
(Spanish Sculptor)
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