Feb 2 Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) Feb 10 Pierre de La Garde, French composer, singer, and guitarist, born in Crécy-la-Chapelle, France (d. c. 1792) Feb 19 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), born in Hereford, England (d. 1779) Feb 24 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer Feb 26 John Randall, British organist and hymn composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1799) 1716 Famous Birthdays by Year 1718