Famous People Born In 1720
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Discover the most famous people born in 1720. The list includes people like Charles Edward Stuart, Balaji Baji Rao, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, James Hargreaves, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include playwrights, spiritual & religious leaders, political leaders and emperors & kings born in 1720. This list includes people from England, Germany, United States and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palazzo Muti, Rome
Died: January 31, 1788
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Baron Münchhausen
(Fiction writer)
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bodenwerder
Died: February 22, 1797
Birthdate: 8th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Died: June 23, 1761
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Anna Maria Mozart
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's mother)
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Gilgen, Austria
Died: July 3, 1778
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Emperor Sakuramachi
(Emperor)
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Died: May 28, 1750
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
(Prime Minister)
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: October 2, 1764
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Gilbert White
(Naturalist)
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Selborne, Hampshire, England
Died: June 26, 1793
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Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
(Queen)
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: July 16, 1782
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian Classical Archaeologist, Architect, and Artist)
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: November 9, 1778
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Great Lakes region
Died: April 20, 1769
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Philip, Duke of Parma
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: July 18, 1765
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Giuseppe Sanmartino
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: December 12, 1793
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Jonathan Mayhew
(Minister)
Birthdate: 8th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 9, 1766
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John Woolman
(American Merchant, Quaker Preacher and Early Abolitionist During the Colonial Era)
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Died: October 7, 1772
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James Hargreaves
(Weaver, carpenter and inventor who was was one of three men responsible for the mechanisation of spinning)
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
Died: April 22, 1778
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 21, 1795
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Samuel Foote
(Playwright, Impresario, Actor, Stage actor, Writer)
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Truro
Died: October 21, 1777
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: April 4, 1806
Birthdate: 14th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Osnabrück, Germany
Died: January 8, 1794
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: March 28, 1760
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Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duke d'Aiguillon
(French Statesman and Soldier)
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 1, 1788
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Charles De Geer
(Swedish Industrialist and Entomologist)
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Finspång, Sweden
Died: March 7, 1778
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Charles Bonnet
(naturalist and philosophical writer)
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: May 20, 1793
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Anne Catherine Hoof Green
(Publisher)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Netherlands
Died: March 23, 1775
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José de Gálvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora
(Spanish Lawyer and Inspector General)
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Macharaviaya, Spain
Died: August 21, 1792
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Franciszek Bohomolec
(Dramatist)
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: near Vitsyebsk, Belarus
Died: April 24, 1784
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: June 16, 1778