Famous People Born In 1725
Discover the most famous people born in 1725. The list includes people like Giacomo Casanova, John Newton, Robert Clive, George Mason, John Wilkes and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, priests and sculptors born in 1725. This list includes people from England, France, United States & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 2nd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: June 4, 1798
Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova is best remembered for his memoir, Histoire de ma vie, which serves as a mirror of 18th-century European lifestyle. His countless affairs made him synonymous with the word "womanizer." He also befriended the European royalty and church authorities, and was quite fond of gambling.
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Robert Clive(The First British Governor of the Bengal Presidency in British India)
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Styche Hall, England
Died: November 22, 1774
Robert Clive was a military officer and the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency in British India. Nicknamed Clive of India, Robert Clive is credited with laying the foundation of the East India Company rule in Bengal. He won the Battle of Plassey in 1757, which enabled him to establish Company rule in Bengal.
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fairfax County, Virginia
Died: October 7, 1792
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wapping, London
Died: December 21, 1807
John Newton was an English Anglican cleric. As a young man, he was forcefully recruited into the navy and worked on slave ships in the slave trade for several years. He later converted to Christianity, following which he denounced slavery and became an abolitionist. He was then ordained as a Church of England cleric.
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Died: August 13, 1795
Ahilyabai Holkar was the Queen of the Maratha Empire who reigned from 1767 to 1795. A great pioneer, Ahilyabai is credited with building hundreds of temples throughout India. She is best remembered for rebuilding the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple which had been plundered, desecrated, and converted into a mosque by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Topkapi Palace Museum, İstanbul, Turkey
Died: April 7, 1789
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Clerkenwell, London
Died: December 26, 1797
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
(combat engineer)
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lorraine
Died: October 2, 1804
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor best remembered for building the Fardier à vapeur, the world's first automobile. Fardier à vapeur was the first working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle. Built in 1769, the vehicle accidentally knocked down a stone or brick wall in 1771, an incident which is widely regarded as the first known automobile accident in the world.
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 23, 1783
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze
(Painter)
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tournus, France
Died: March 4, 1805
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Robert Bakewell
(Agriculturalist)
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dishley, England
Died: October 1, 1795
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Pyotr Rumyantsev
(Military officer)
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stroiesti, Moldova
Died: December 19, 1796
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Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
(General)
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vendôme, France
Died: May 30, 1807
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coutances, France
Died: October 22, 1792
Of French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil’s discoveries, the most notable remain the Messier objects M32, M36, and M38. He waited for 8 years in India to observe the transit of Venus, but bad weather prevented his mission. He was mistakenly declared dead in France, but went back to reclaim his life.
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Franz Moritz von Lacy
(Military leader)
Birthdate: 21st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: November 24, 1801
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Johann Salomo Semler
(Historian)
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saalfeld, Germany
Died: March 14, 1791
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Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Prince)
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Died: November 18, 1785
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Pasquale Paoli
(President Of Corsica From 1755 To 1769)
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Morosaglia, Corsica
Died: February 5, 1807
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Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthievre
(Son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon)
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Château de Rambouillet, France
Died: March 4, 1793
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Charles Townshend
(Politician)
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England
Died: September 4, 1767
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Joseph Duplessis
(Painter)
Birthdate: 22nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Carpentras, France
Died: April 1, 1802
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Suzuki Harunobu
(Designer)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: July 15, 1770
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Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel
(Admiral)
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Caversham, Reading, United Kingdom
Died: October 2, 1786
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Ludovico Manin
(Politician)
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: October 24, 1802
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Patience Wright
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, New York, United States
Died: March 23, 1786
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Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
(Noblewoman)
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hôtel de Chimay, Paris, France
Died: 1793 AD
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Altmannstein, Germany
Died: June 27, 1775
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Henry Benedict Stuart
(Cardinal)
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palazzo Muti, Rome, Italy
Died: July 13, 1807
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Jean Claude Gilles Colson
(Actor)
Birthdate: 16th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 19, 1778
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Nicolas Desmarest
(Geologist)
Birthdate: 16th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Soulaines-Dhuys, France
Died: September 20, 1815
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Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg
(Prussian Statesman)
Birthdate: 2nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lotyń, Poland
Died: May 22, 1795