people/1700s

Dutch politician (1704–1774)

German historian and theologian (1701–1790)

Anglo-Irish poet

Italian painter (1707–1762)

British political satirist (1709–1788)

Royal Navy Admiral (1709–1781)

Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1720 to 1757

British aristocrat and cricket patron (1702–1747)

Prince of Cerveteri (1708–1779)

German Jesuit ascetic author

Foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed

British Army officer

Danish poet

English Roman Catholic priest

German historian and librarian

English politician

Irish businessman (1643–1707)

Italian painter (1700–1777)

British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1720 to 1740

English botanist, polymath and author (1702–1771)

Swedish cookbook author

Italian theologian (1701–1770)

Norwegian businessman

Anglo-Welsh businessman and Whig politician (1707–1765)

German philosopher, lexicographer and economist

French historian

French dramatist

French Benedictine historian

British politician (1704–1786)

Englishman accused of murder (18th-century)

Colonial American explorer (1706–1759)

English antiquarian (1701–1783)

Irish Catholic bishop (1700–1778)

Dutch porcelain merchant (1747–1751)

Scottish physician and writer

Swedish theologian

Irish prelate

English Dominican apologist

Canadian politician

French inventor and artist (1709–1782)