1 Carl Linnaeus
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Botanist
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Linnés Råshults Stiftelse, Älmhult Municipality, Sweden
Died: January 10, 1778
2 Leonhard Euler
552
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Mathematician, Physicist
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Basel
Died: September 18, 1783
3 Frederick Louis, prince of Wales
22
Listed In: Noblemen
Famous As: Prince
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: March 31, 1751
4 Henry Fielding
72
Listed In: Novelists
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sharpham
Died: October 8, 1754
5 Charles Wesley
70
Listed In: Theologians
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Died: March 29, 1788
6 Louis of Spain
00
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buen Retiro Palace, Spain
Died: August 31, 1724
7 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Naturalist
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montbard, France
Died: April 16, 1788
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9 Stephen Hopkins
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10 John Baskerville
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11 Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
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Birthplace: Padua, Italy
Died: May 16, 1746
12 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
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13 Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germai
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Sun Sign: Aries
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14 Marie Sallé
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15 Benjamin Robins
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Famous As: Engineer and mathematician
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Bath, England
Died: July 20, 1751
16 Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
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Birthdate: 13th February
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17 Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet
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Birthdate: 10th April
Sun Sign: Aries
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Died: January 18, 1782
18 Francisco Salzillo
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Birthplace: Murcia, Spain
Died: March 2, 1783
19 Johann Julius Hecker
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Essen-Werden, Essen, Germany
Died: June 24, 1768
20 Robert Foulis
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Famous As: Publisher
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Died: June 2, 1776
21 Johannes Grubenmann
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Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: June 10, 1771
22 Johann August Ernesti
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Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bad Tennstedt, Germany
Died: September 11, 1781