Apr 1 Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763) Apr 8 Pierre Prowo, German composer, born in Altona, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1757) Apr 16 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, born in Penig, Germany (d. 1778) Apr 23 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British Royal Navy officer, born in Staffordshire, England (d. 1762) 1696 Famous Birthdays by Year 1698