Who Was Alive in 1754

21 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1754

George Frideric HandelAge 69

1685–1759 · Music

Messiah oratorio

VoltaireAge 60

1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

Benjamin FranklinAge 48

1706–1790 · Science & Invention

Founding Father, electricity experiments

Carl LinnaeusAge 47

1707–1778 · Science & Invention

Father of modern taxonomy

Leonhard EulerAge 47

1707–1783 · Science & Invention

Prolific Swiss mathematician

Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 42

1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract

Frederick the GreatAge 42

1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership

King of Prussia and military strategist

Adam SmithAge 31

1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought

Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations

Immanuel KantAge 30

1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought

Critique of Pure Reason

Captain James CookAge 26

1728–1779 · Exploration

Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia

Catherine the GreatAge 25

1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership

Empress who expanded Russia

George WashingtonAge 22

1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership

First US President

Joseph HaydnAge 22

1732–1809 · Music

Father of the symphony and string quartet

John AdamsAge 19

1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Second US president and Founding Father

James WattAge 18

1736–1819 · Science & Invention

Improved the steam engine

Thomas JeffersonAge 11

1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Toussaint LouvertureAge 11

1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership

Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Francisco GoyaAge 8

1746–1828 · Art

Spanish Romantic painter

Edward JennerAge 5

1749–1823 · Science & Invention

Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 5

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

James MadisonAge 3

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

Also Born in 1754

Louis XVI

1754–1793 · born August 23

King of France from 1774 to 1792

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

1754–1839 · born February 2

French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (1754–1838)

Georg Forster

1754–1794 · born November 27

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

Salawat Yulayev

1754–1800 · born June 16

Bashkir national hero (1756–1800)

Also Died in 1754

Henry Fielding

1707–1754 · died October 8

English writer and judge (1707–1754)

Mahmud I

1696–1754 · died December 13

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754

Christian Wolff

1679–1754 · died April 9

German philosopher (1679–1754)

Ludvig Holberg

1684–1754 · died January 28

Danish–Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)

Abraham de Moivre

1667–1754 · died November 27

French mathematician (1667–1754)

Henry Pelham

1694–1754 · died March 6

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754

Sources

1754 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
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
Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
James Madison — Wikipedia

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