Who Was Alive in 1761
25 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1761
VoltaireAge 67
Benjamin FranklinAge 55
Carl LinnaeusAge 54
Leonhard EulerAge 54
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 49
Frederick the GreatAge 49
Adam SmithAge 38
Immanuel KantAge 37
Captain James CookAge 33
Catherine the GreatAge 32
George WashingtonAge 29
Joseph HaydnAge 29
John AdamsAge 26
James WattAge 25
Thomas JeffersonAge 18
Toussaint LouvertureAge 18
Francisco GoyaAge 15
Edward JennerAge 12
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 12
James MadisonAge 10
Marie AntoinetteAge 6
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 5
Mary WollstonecraftAge 2
Friedrich SchillerAge 2
HokusaiAge 1
Also Born in 1761
Head of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807
French wax museum founder (1761–1850)
German dramatist and writer (1761–1819)
Also Died in 1761
English writer and printer (1689–1761)
British statistician (c. 1701 – 1761)
Sources
- 1761 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- 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
- Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
- Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
- Hokusai — Wikipedia