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Who Was Alive in 1772

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1772

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 78
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 66
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 65
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 65
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 60
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 60
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 49
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 48
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 44
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 43
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 40
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 40
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 37
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 36
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 29
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 29
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 26
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 23
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 23
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 21
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 17
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 16
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 13
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 13
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 12
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 5
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 5
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 3
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 2
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 2
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher

Also Born in 1772

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772–1834 · born October 21
English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1773–1834)
Novalis
1772–1801 · born May 2
German aristocrat and polymath (1772–1801)
David Ricardo
1772–1823 · born April 18
British economist and politician (1772–1823)
Charles Fourier
1772–1837 · born April 7
French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)
William I of the Netherlands
1772–1843 · born August 24
King of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1840
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
1772–1834 · born September 5
Shah of Iran from 1797 to 1834

Also Died in 1772

Emanuel Swedenborg
1688–1772 · died March 29
Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772)
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
1719–1772 · died February 8
Princess of Wales (1719–1772)

Sources

  1. 1772 — 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
  29. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  30. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  31. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
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