Who Was Alive in 1744
18 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1744
Johann Sebastian BachAge 59
George Frideric HandelAge 59
VoltaireAge 50
Benjamin FranklinAge 38
Carl LinnaeusAge 37
Leonhard EulerAge 37
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 32
Frederick the GreatAge 32
Adam SmithAge 21
Immanuel KantAge 20
Captain James CookAge 16
Catherine the GreatAge 15
George WashingtonAge 12
Joseph HaydnAge 12
John AdamsAge 9
James WattAge 8
Thomas JeffersonAge 1
Toussaint LouvertureAge 1
Also Born in 1744
French naturalist (1744–1829)
German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)
First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801
Founding Father, U.S. vice president (1813–1814)
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818
German banker (1744–1812)
Also Died in 1744
English poet (1688–1744)
Swedish astronomer and physicist (1701–1744)
Italian philosopher (1668–1744)
British philosopher (1683–1744)
Sources
- 1744 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Wikipedia
- George Frideric Handel — Wikipedia
- Voltaire — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
- Carl Linnaeus — Wikipedia
- Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Wikipedia
- Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
- Adam Smith — Wikipedia
- Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
- James Cook — Wikipedia
- Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
- George Washington — Wikipedia
- Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
- John Adams — Wikipedia
- James Watt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
- Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia