Feb 3 Guillaume Lasceux, composer Feb 7 Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP Feb 12 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, born in Vilémov (d. 1817) Feb 15 Ernst Eichner, German composer and bassoonist, born in Arolsen (d. 1777) Feb 16 Giambattista Bodoni, Italian printer and typeface designer (Bodoni), born in Saluzzo Feb 17 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist 1739 Famous Birthdays by Year 1741