Famous People Born in 1747

Mar 6 Casimir Pulaski, Polish Military Leader (called the father of American cavalry), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1779)

Mar 31 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (Moon has Risen)
Apr 13 Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, born in Château de Saint Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France (d. 1793)
Apr 23 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, born in Paris (d. 1828)

May 5 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765-90) and Holy Roman Emperor (1790-92), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1792)

Jun 24 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, born in Röttingen, Württemberg (d. 1824)
Jun 26 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, born in Velvary, Czech Republic (d. 1818)
Jul 6 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, born in Grattersdorf, Bavaria (d. 1823)
Jul 6 John Paul Jones, U.S. first well-known naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight"), born in Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (d. 1792)
Jul 30 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1832)
Aug 13 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, Flemish composer, born in Brussels (d. 1830)
Sep 14 José Joaquim dos Santos, Portuguese organist and composer, born in Obidos, Portugal (d. 1801)
Oct 8 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer (d. 1819)
Oct 8 Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician, born in Colmar, France (d. 1807)
Oct 11 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, born in Riedenthal, Austria (d. 1775)
Nov 24 Felice Alessandri, composer