Famous People Born In 1717
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Discover the most famous people born in 1717. The list includes people like Maria Theresa, Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, Horace Walpole, Mustafa III, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, political leaders, diplomats and poets born in 1717. This list includes people from England, France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: November 29, 1780
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 29, 1783
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David Garrick
(Actor, Playwright, Film producer, Writer, Screenwriter, Stage actor)
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hereford
Died: January 20, 1779
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Peter III of Portugal
(King of Portugal)
Birthdate: 5th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: May 25, 1786
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Horace Walpole
(Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Politician)
Birthdate: 24th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London
Died: March 2, 1797
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
(German Art Historian, Archaeologist and One of the Leading Proponents of Neoclassicism)
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stendal, Germany
Died: June 8, 1768
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Constantinople
Died: January 21, 1774
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
(Colonial administrator, Military personnel)
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sevenoaks
Died: August 3, 1797
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Ernst Gideon von Laudon
(Military officer)
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Madona Municipality, Latvia
Died: July 14, 1790
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Louis François, Prince of Conti
(Nobleman)
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 2, 1776
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Elizabeth Carter
(English Poet, Translator, and Linguist Who Was Part of the Bluestocking Society )
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Deal, England
Died: February 19, 1806
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John Armstrong Sr.
(Former brigadier general in the Continental Army, major general in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War)
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brookeborough, Fermanagh, Ireland
Died: March 9, 1795
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Marie Anne de Mailly
(Noble)
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 8, 1744
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Johann Stamitz
(Bohemian Violinist and Composer who is Considered the Founding Father of 'The Mannheim School')
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Havlíčkův Brod, Czechia
Died: March 27, 1757
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Adam Friedrich Oeser
(Painter)
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: March 18, 1799
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Richard Bulkeley
(Civil servant)
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 7, 1800
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cesena, Italy
Died: August 29, 1799
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Jean-Charles François
(Engraver)
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: March 22, 1769
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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly
(Novelist)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Vitry-le-François, France
Died: 1778 AD
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Alexander Cozens
(British Landscape Painter)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 23, 1786
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Alexander Sumarokov
(Russian writer)
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: October 12, 1777
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Georg Matthias Monn
(Organist)
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 3, 1750
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Agui
(Former Minister of Finance of imperial China)
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: October 10, 1797
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Antonio María de Bucareli
(Military officer)
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sevilla, Spain
Died: April 9, 1779
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
(Rabbi)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tykocin, Poland
Died: March 11, 1787
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Richard Owen Cambridge
(Poet)
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 17, 1802