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Who Was Alive in 1767

27 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1767

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 73
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 61
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 60
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 60
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 55
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 55
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 44
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 43
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 39
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 38
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 35
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 35
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 32
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 31
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 24
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 24
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 21
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 18
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 18
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 16
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 12
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 11
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 8
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 8
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 7
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 0
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 0
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States

Born in 1767

John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States

Also Born in 1767

John Quincy Adams
1767–1848 · born July 11
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
Andrew Jackson
1767–1845 · born March 15
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Wilhelm von Humboldt
1767–1835 · born June 22
Prussian philosopher (1767–1835)
Joachim Murat
1767–1815 · born March 25
French military officer and statesman (1767–1815)
Benjamin Constant
1767–1830 · born October 25
Swiss-French politician and writer (1767–1830)
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1767–1794 · born August 25
French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
Jean-Baptiste Say
1767–1832 · born January 5
French economist and businessman (1767–1832)
August Wilhelm Schlegel
1767–1845 · born September 8
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)

Also Died in 1767

Georg Philipp Telemann
1681–1767 · died June 25
German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

Sources

  1. 1767 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Voltaire — Wikipedia
  3. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  4. Carl Linnaeus — Wikipedia
  5. Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Wikipedia
  7. Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
  8. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  9. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  10. James Cook — Wikipedia
  11. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  12. George Washington — Wikipedia
  13. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  14. John Adams — Wikipedia
  15. James Watt — Wikipedia
  16. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  17. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  18. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  19. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  20. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  21. James Madison — Wikipedia
  22. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  24. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  25. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  26. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  27. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  28. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
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