people/1680s

German bookseller and publisher (1686–1743)

Episcopal clergyman

English painter

British landowner and Whig politician

Royal Navy admiral (1981–1741)

English historian and translator

German painter

Scottish politician and accountant

Polish nobleman

17th century Baptist divine

British colonial official

German botanist (1683–1741)

18th-century Dutch philologist

Swedish artist (1684–1736)

Scottish politician and judge

German Lutheran clergy (1682–1719)

Dutch painter (1685–1759)

French Benedictine scholar (1683–1762)

French obstetrician

English politician

French writer and historian (1685–1770)

King of Joseon from 1720 to 1724

Scottish politician and judge

Russian historian and statesman (1686–1750)

Mughal military commander (1684–1729)

Mexican politician

Italian librettist, poet and translator (1687–1765)

Lebanese Maronite, librarian, and Catholic bishop (1687–1768)

English politician

Scottish minister

Norwegian theologian and priest

English mathematician and scientist (1682–1739)

Japanese artist (1680–1763)

English politician

King of Portugal from 1706 to 1750

English clergyman and scholar (1688 – 1755)