1 Voltaire
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: February 20, 1694
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 30
2 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher, Writer, & Composer
Birthdate: June 28, 1712
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 2
3 Carl Linnaeus
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Botanist
Birthdate: May 23, 1707
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Linnés Råshults Stiftelse, Älmhult Municipality, Sweden
Died: January 10
4 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1766-68)
Birthdate: November 15, 1708
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: May 11
5 Anna Maria Mozart
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's mother
Birthdate: December 25, 1720
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Gilgen, Austria
Died: July 3
6 Laura Bassi
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Physicist
Birthdate: October 29, 1711
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: February 20
7 Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Archaeologist
Birthdate: October 4, 1720
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: November 9
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8 James Hargreaves
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Birthdate: December 13, 1720
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
Died: April 22
9 Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Monk
Birthdate: June 19, 1698
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Weliwita, Sri Lanka
Died: July 18
10 Philip Livingston
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Birthdate: January 15, 1716
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: June 12
11 Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germai
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Famous As: General
Birthdate: April 15, 1707
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vertamboz, France
Died: January 15
12 Thomas Arne
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Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: March 12, 1710
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London
Died: March 5
13 Ebenezer Kinnersley
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Famous As: Scientist
Birthdate: November 30, 1711
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: July 4
14 Francesca Cuzzoni
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Famous As: Operatic soprano
Birthdate: April 2, 1696
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Parma, Italy
Died: June 19
15 Charles De Geer
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Famous As: Industrialist
Birthdate: January 30, 1720
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Finspång, Sweden
Died: March 7
16 Étienne-Gabriel Morelly
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Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: 1717 AD
Birthplace: Vitry-le-François, France
Died: 1778 AD
17 François Bigot
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Government official
Birthdate: January 30, 1703
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: January 12
18 Joseph-Marie Terray
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Famous As: Government Official
Birthdate: December 9, 1715
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boën-sur-Lignon, France
Died: February 18
19 Edward Buncombe
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Plantation owner from the Province of North Carolina who served as a colonel in the North Carolina militia and Continental Army
Birthdate: 1742 AD
Birthplace: Saint Kitts
Died: 1778 AD
20 James Relly
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Methodist minister
Birthdate: 1722 AD
Birthplace: Jeffreston, Wales
Died: April 25
21 Lekain
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Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: March 31, 1729
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 8
22 Konrad Ekhof
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Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: August 12, 1720
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: June 16
23 Jean Claude Gilles Colson
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 16, 1725
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 19