Famous People Born in 1707

  • Jan 22 Carl Hockh, German composer and violinist (d. 1773)
  • Feb 1 Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales and son of George II, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1751)
  • Feb 7 Carl August Thielo, Danish composer, opera director, and court organist, born in Høsterkøb, Denmark (d. 1763)
  • Feb 15 Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French satirical novelist (The Skimmer), born in Paris, France (d. 1777)
  • Feb 25 Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist (Belisario, Servant of Two Masters), born in Venice, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1793)
  • Mar 7 Stephen Hopkins, American politician who signed the US Declaration of Independence, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1785)

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)

Apr 15 Swiss mathematician (Euler's Constant), born in Basel, Switzerland

  • Apr 22 Henry Fielding, English novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones), born in Sharpham, Somerset, England (d. 1754)
  • Apr 26 Johannes Burman, Dutch botanist, plant author and physician, born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)
  • May 14 Antonio Teixeira, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. after 1769)

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

May 23 Swedish botanist, explorer and the Father of Taxonomy, born in Råshult, Sweden

  • Jul 14 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer and violinist, born in Maroilles, France (d. 1802)
  • Aug 24 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English evangelical revivalist, born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire (d. 1791)
  • Sep 7 George-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon, French naturalist and writer on natural history (Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière), born in Montbard, France (d. 1788)
  • Dec 18 Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader (brother of John Wesley) and hymn writer (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing), born in Epworth, England (d. 1788)