Who Was Alive in 1765

25 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1765

VoltaireAge 71

1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

Benjamin FranklinAge 59

1706–1790 · Science & Invention

Founding Father, electricity experiments

Carl LinnaeusAge 58

1707–1778 · Science & Invention

Father of modern taxonomy

Leonhard EulerAge 58

1707–1783 · Science & Invention

Prolific Swiss mathematician

Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 53

1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract

Frederick the GreatAge 53

1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership

King of Prussia and military strategist

Adam SmithAge 42

1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought

Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations

Immanuel KantAge 41

1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought

Critique of Pure Reason

Captain James CookAge 37

1728–1779 · Exploration

Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia

Catherine the GreatAge 36

1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership

Empress who expanded Russia

George WashingtonAge 33

1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership

First US President

Joseph HaydnAge 33

1732–1809 · Music

Father of the symphony and string quartet

John AdamsAge 30

1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Second US president and Founding Father

James WattAge 29

1736–1819 · Science & Invention

Improved the steam engine

Thomas JeffersonAge 22

1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Toussaint LouvertureAge 22

1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership

Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Francisco GoyaAge 19

1746–1828 · Art

Spanish Romantic painter

Edward JennerAge 16

1749–1823 · Science & Invention

Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 16

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

James MadisonAge 14

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

Marie AntoinetteAge 10

1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership

Queen of France, executed in the Revolution

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 9

1756–1791 · Music

Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas

Mary WollstonecraftAge 6

1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought

Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer

Friedrich SchillerAge 6

1759–1805 · Literature

German poet of the Ode to Joy

HokusaiAge 5

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Also Born in 1765

Pope Gregory XVI

1765–1846 · born September 18

Head of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

William IV

1765–1837 · born August 21

King of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837

Robert Fulton

1765–1815 · born November 14

American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)

Nicéphore Niépce

1765–1833 · born March 7

French inventor (1765–1833)

Also Died in 1765

Mikhail Lomonosov

1711–1765 · died April 15

Russian polymath (1711–1765)

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

1708–1765 · died August 18

Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765

Alexis Clairaut

1713–1765 · died May 17

French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (1713–1765)

Edward Young

1683–1765 · died April 5

English poet (1683–1765)

Giovanni Paolo Panini

1691–1765 · died October 21

Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)

Sources

1765 — 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

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