Famous People Who Died In 1788

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1788. This list includes people like Charles Edward Stuart, Charles III of Spain, Thomas Gainsborough, Charles Wesley, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, military leaders, philosophers and lawyers who died in 1788. This list includes people from England, France and many more countries.

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Charles Edward Stuart

(Military Leader)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: December 31, 1720

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Palazzo Muti, Rome

Died: January 31

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

(Musician)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: March 8, 1714

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Weimar, Germany

Died: December 14

Charles Wesley

(Poet)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: December 18, 1707

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England

Died: March 29

Thomas Gainsborough

(Landscape painter)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: May 14, 1727

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Sudbury, England

Died: August 2

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

(French Naval Officer and Explorer Known for His Scientific Expedition Around the Globe)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 23, 1741

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Albi

Died: 1788 AD

Johann Georg Hamann

(Philosopher)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: August 27, 1730

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Germany

Died: June 21

Percivall Pott

(Surgeon)

Listed In: Physicians

Birthdate: January 6, 1714

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: London, England

Died: December 22

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

(Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: September 5, 1704

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France

Died: February 17

Thomas Boulsover

(Inventor)

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birthdate: 1705 AD

Birthplace: Sheffield, England

Died: September 9

Salomon Gessner

(Swiss Painter and Poet)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: April 1, 1730

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland

Died: March 2

Jean Germain Drouais

(Painter)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: November 25, 1763

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: July 15

Charles III of Spain

(Former King of Spain (1759 - 1788))

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: January 20, 1716

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Died: December 14

Pierre André de Suffren

(French Navy Officer and Admiral )

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: July 17, 1729

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Saint-Cannat, France

Died: December 8

William Brodie

(Criminal, Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 28, 1741

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland

Died: October 1

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

(French Mathematician, Cosmologist Encyclopédiste and One of the First Naturalists to Recognize Ecological Succession)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: September 7, 1707

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Montbard, France

Died: April 16

Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

(French Soldier, Statesman, and Diplomat)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: March 13, 1696

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: August 8

John Penn

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: May 17, 1741

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia, United States

Died: September 14

John Lindsay

(Royal Navy officer)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: 1737 AD

Birthplace: British

Died: June 4

Thomas Amory

(Author)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: 1691 AD

Birthplace: Unknown

Died: November 25

Francesco Zuccarelli

(Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: August 15, 1702

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Pitigliano, Italy

Died: December 30

Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: December 3, 1764

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany

Died: September 27

Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duke d'Aiguillon

(French Statesman and Soldier)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: July 31, 1720

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: September 1

Gaetano Filangieri

(Italian Jurist and Philosopher)

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birthdate: August 22, 1753

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Naples, Italy

Died: July 21

Thomas Sheridan

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: 1719 AD

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: August 14

George Anne Bellamy

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: April 23, 1731

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Fingal, Ireland

Died: February 16

François Joseph Paul de Grasse

(Comte de Grasse)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 13, 1722

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Le Bar-sur-Loup, France

Died: January 11

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

(Italian Naturalist and Physician)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: June 3, 1723

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Cavalese, Italy

Died: May 8

Tanuma Okitsugu

(Chamberlain)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: September 11, 1719

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Edo, Japan

Died: July 27

Robert Edge Pine

(Painter)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: 1730 AD

Birthplace: London, England

Died: November 18

Evan Evans

(Poet)

Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs

Birthdate: May 20, 1731

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Cynhawdref, Wales

Died: August 4