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Benjamin Franklin
(One of the Founding Fathers of the United States)
339
62
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 17, 1706
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 17
2
Adam Smith
(18th Century Scottish Economist Who is Considered the Father of Modern Economics)
83
27
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 5, 1723
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Died: July 17
3
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790)
29
12
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 13, 1741
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 20
4
Lyman Hall
(16th Governor of Georgia)
10
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1724
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Died: October 19
5
Israel Putnam
(Army General)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 7, 1718
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 29
6
William Hooper
(Former Delegate to the Continental Congress)
6
0
7
William Livingston
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 30, 1723
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: July 25
8
Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras
(Military personnel)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 26, 1744
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blois, France
Died: February 19
9
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
(Military officer)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 13, 1717
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Madona Municipality, Latvia
Died: July 14
10
James Bowdoin
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 7, 1726
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: November 6
11
Thomas Warton
(Literary historian)
1
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: January 9, 1728
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Basingstoke, England
Died: May 21
12
William Cullen
(Physician, Chemist, Farmer, Academic, University teacher, Writer, Psychiatrist)
0
0
13
Johann Bernhard Basedow
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 11, 1724
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: July 25
14
Charlotte of Monaco
(Nun)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 19, 1719
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris Kingdom of France
Died: 1790 AD
15
Mikhail Shcherbatov
(Statesman)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 22, 1733
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 12
16
Amenemhat IV
(Pharaoh)
0
0
17
Samuel Heinicke
(Educator)
1
0
18
Flora MacDonald
(Heroine)
0
0
19
William Roy
(Cartographer, Engineer, Geographer)
0
0
20
Charles-Nicolas Cochin
(Engraver)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1715
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 29
21
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
(Historian)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 27, 1701
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: September 2
22
John Landen
(Mathematician)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 23, 1719
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Peakirk, England
Died: January 15
23
François Hemsterhuis
(Writer)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 27, 1721
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Groningen, Netherlands
Died: July 7
24
Bunchō
(Artist)
0
0
25
Nakamura Nakazō I
(Japanese actor)
0
0
26
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
(Czech Harpist and Composer Who Composed Sonatas and Concertos For Harp)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 8, 1742
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Town, Prague, Czechia
Died: February 19
27
Murtada al-Zabidi
(Writer)
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