1
Charles Edward Stuart
(Military Leader)
13
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 31, 1720
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palazzo Muti, Rome
Died: January 31
2
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(Musician)
13
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 8, 1714
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: December 14
3
Thomas Gainsborough
(Landscape painter)
9
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 14, 1727
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sudbury, England
Died: August 2
4
Charles Wesley
(Poet)
10
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 18, 1707
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Died: March 29
5
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
(French Mathematician, Cosmologist Encyclopédiste and One of the First Naturalists to Recognize Ecological Succession)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 7, 1707
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montbard, France
Died: April 16
6
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
(French Naval Officer and Explorer Known for His Scientific Expedition Around the Globe)
1
0
7
Percivall Pott
(Surgeon)
5
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 6, 1714
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 22
8
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 5, 1704
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: February 17
9
Johann Georg Hamann
(Philosopher)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 27, 1730
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Germany
Died: June 21
10
Charles III of Spain
(Former King of Spain (1759 - 1788))
5
9
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 20, 1716
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: December 14
11
John Lindsay
(Royal Navy officer)
0
0
12
Thomas Boulsover
(Inventor)
2
0
13
Jean Germain Drouais
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 25, 1763
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 15
14
Pierre André de Suffren
(Admiral)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 17, 1729
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Cannat, France
Died: December 8
15
John Penn
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 17, 1741
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia, United States
Died: September 14
16
Thomas Amory
(Author)
1
0
17
Francesco Zuccarelli
(Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 15, 1702
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pitigliano, Italy
Died: December 30
18
Gaetano Filangieri
(Italian Jurist and Philosopher)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 22, 1753
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Naples, Italy
Died: July 21
19
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis
(Diplomat)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 13, 1696
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 8
20
François Joseph Paul de Grasse
(Comte de Grasse)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 13, 1722
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Le Bar-sur-Loup, France
Died: January 11
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 3, 1764
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
Died: September 27
22
Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duke d'Aiguillon
(French statesman)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 31, 1720
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 1
23
Salomon Gessner
(Swiss Painter and Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 1, 1730
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: March 2
24
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
(Italian Naturalist and Physician)
0
0
25
Thomas Sheridan
(Actor)
0
0
26
George Anne Bellamy
(Actress)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 23, 1731
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fingal, Ireland
Died: February 16
27
Tanuma Okitsugu
(Chamberlain)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 11, 1719
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: July 27
28
William Brodie
(Criminal, Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 28, 1741
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: October 1
29
Robert Edge Pine
(Painter)
0
2
30
Evan Evans
(Poet)
0
3
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: May 20, 1731
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cynhawdref, Wales
Died: August 4
