Famous People Born In 1718

Discover the most famous people born in 1718. The list includes people like Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Israel Putnam, Thomas Chippendale, David Brainerd, Ramprasad Sen and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, spiritual & religious leaders, soldiers and philosophers born in 1718. This list includes people from England, France, United States and many more countries.
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
(British Former First Lord of the Admiralty)
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: England
Died: April 30, 1792

At age 10, John Montagu succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, as the earl of Sandwich. The Eton- and Cambridge-educated statesman had held several important positions, such as the First Lord of the Admiralty. While gambling, he would often have bread and meat, leading to the delicacy being named “sandwich.”

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Maria Gaetana Agnesi
(First Woman to Write a Mathematics Handbook and the First Woman Appointed as a University Mathematics Professor)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 16th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: January 9, 1799

Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, daughter of an affluent silk trader, was well-versed in a number of languages as a child. Most of her work was regarding algebra, calculus, and the Witch of Agnesi. She was also the first female academic to write a math book and to teach math.

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Thomas Chippendale
(Cabinet maker)
Thomas Chippendale
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Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Otley, England
Died: October 31, 1779
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Israel Putnam
(Army General)
Israel Putnam
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 29, 1790
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Mariana Victoria of Spain
(Queen)
Mariana Victoria of Spain
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Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain
Died: January 15, 1781
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Elizabeth Montagu
(British Social Reformer, Patron of the Arts, Salonnière, Literary Critic and Writer)
Elizabeth Montagu
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yorkshire, England
Died: August 25, 1800

Part of the 18th-century London intellectual circle, socialite Elizabeth Montagu was a pioneering member of the Bluestockings, a group of women who engaged in evening conversations as a substitute to card-playing. The wife of affluent landowner Edward Montagu, she inherited his riches and later built the Montagu House.

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Ekkathat
(King)
Ekkathat
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Died: April 17, 1767
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Esek Hopkins
(Naval officer)
Esek Hopkins
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: February 26, 1802
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Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
(Swedish Feminist and Poet Known for Her Sensitive Love Poems)
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: June 29, 1763
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht was a Swedish poet, salon hostess, and feminist. Such was her popularity that she was the only female member of a popular literary fellowship called Tankebyggarorden, which was active in the 1750s and early 1760s. Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht was also popular in Germany and one of her poems was appreciated by Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
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Anna Leopoldovna
(Regent of Russia)
Anna Leopoldovna
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Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rostock, Germany
Died: March 19, 1746

Anna Leopoldovna, or Anna Carlovna, was the wife of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, and is best known for her reign as a regent for their son, Ivan VI, for a year. She was eventually imprisoned by Peter the Great’s daughter, Elizabeth, and died in exile.

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Nano Nagle
(Educator)
Nano Nagle
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Ballygriffin, County Cork, Ireland
Died: April 26, 1784
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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg
(Music critic)
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 21st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wendemark, Germany
Died: May 22, 1795
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George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
(Naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence)
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Walton-on-Thames, England
Died: May 24, 1792
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Alexander Roslin
(Painter)
Alexander Roslin
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Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malmö, Sweden
Died: July 5, 1793

Swedish painter Alexander Roslin is best remembered for his detailed depiction of jewelry and clothes in his portraits of the elite. While his paintings are mostly of the Rococo style, they also showcase Classicist features. The Lady with the Veil remains one of his best-known works.

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Hugh Blair
(Scottish Minister of Religion, Author and Rhetorician Best Known for His Sermons)
Hugh Blair
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Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 27, 1800

Hugh Blair was a Scottish writer, rhetorician, and minister of religion. As a minister of religion, Blair had a major impact in both the secular and the spiritual realms. He also played an important role in the Scottish Enlightenment and is credited with co-founding the Royal Society of Edinburgh. From 1789 to 1796, he served as the academy's Literary President.

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Adam Frantisek Kollar
(Jurist)
Adam Frantisek Kollar
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Listed In: Historians
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Terchová, Slovakia
Died: July 10, 1783
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William Hunter
(Physician)
William Hunter
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Long Calderwood, Scotland
Died: March 30, 1783

Physician William Hunter is remembered for his efforts in making obstetrics a branch of medicine. After observing medical students in France, he introduced the use of cadavers for dissection in Britain. The Hunterian Museum in Scotland started with a collection of his belongings, including books and works of art.

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Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia
(Duchess)
Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia
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Birthdate: 20th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 15, 1725
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Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
(French Soldier and Aristocrat)
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 30, 1804
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Nikita Ivanovich, Count Panin
(Russian count)
Nikita Ivanovich, Count Panin
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Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: March 21, 1783
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George Croghan
(Trader)
George Croghan
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Ireland
Died: August 31, 1782

Irish-born George Croghan, The King of the Traders, later moved to America, where he was successful in befriending the local tribes of the Ohio region. Over the years, he got many treaties signed on behalf of the British government and had a 16-year stint as the Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

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John Roebuck
(Inventor)
John Roebuck
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Sheffield, England
Died: July 17, 1794
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John Canton
(Physicist)
John Canton
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Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stroud, England
Died: March 22, 1772
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Frederick Haldimand
(Swiss Military Officer)
Frederick Haldimand
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 11th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Died: June 5, 1791
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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
(French Jesuit Missionary and Writer)
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Toulon, France
Died: October 9, 1793
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Antoine de Chézy
(Engineering Technologist)
Antoine de Chézy
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Châlons-en-Champagne, France
Died: October 5, 1798
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Robert Sandeman
(Theologian)
Robert Sandeman
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Listed In: Theologians
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Perth, Scotland
Died: April 2, 1771
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Nathaniel Hone the Elder
(Miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768)
Nathaniel Hone the Elder
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 24th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin
Died: August 14, 1784

Apart co-establishing the Royal Academy, Nathaniel Hone the Elder made a name for himself as a master painter of miniatures and portraits. Born into a Dutch family in Dublin, he spent most of his professional life in London. His controversial painting The Conjurer was viewed as an attack on Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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Ramprasad Sen
(Poet-saint)
Ramprasad Sen
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Halisahar, near Calcutta, Bengal, India
Died: 1775 AD

Eighteenth-century Bengali poet Ramprasad Sen was one of the finest Hindu Shakta poets, whose works mirrored his devotion to goddess Shakti. Starting his career as an accountant of an affluent Kolkata employer, he later became court poet of Raja Krishnachandra and wrote Bidyasundar, which mixed Tantric elements and eroticism.

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Paul Rabaut
(Pastor)
Paul Rabaut
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Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bedarieux, France
Died: September 25, 1794
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David Brainerd
(Missionary)
David Brainerd
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Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Connecticut
Died: October 9, 1747