Historical Figures Born in 1737

Jan 19 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer (Paul et Virginie), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1814)

Jan 23 American merchant and statesman who was 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence, born in Braintree, Massachusetts

Jan 29 English American writer and political essayist (Age of Reason, Common Sense), born in Thetford, England

Mar 20 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809)
Mar 23 Arthur St. Clair, American soldier and politician (President of the Continental Congress, 1787), born in Thurso, Scotland (d. 1818)
Apr 19 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder and inoculation propagandist, born in Bedum, Netherlands (d. 1815)

May 2 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), born in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland

May 8 English historian (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), born in Putney, England

May 14 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
Jun 20 Tokugawa Ieharu, tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1760 to 1786), born in Edo, Japan (d. 1786)
Jul 15 Louise of France, French princess daughter of King Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska and Carmelite prioress, born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1787)
Jul 31 Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain, born in London, England (d. 1813)
Aug 10 Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
Aug 11 Joseph Nollekins, sculptor, born in London, England
Aug 14 Charles Hutton, English mathematician and surveyor, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1823)
Sep 7 Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist and physicist ("animal electricity"), born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1798)
Sep 19 Charles Carroll, Wealthy Maryland planter who was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away, born in Annapolis, Province of Maryland, British America (d. 1832)
Oct 5 Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Russian count (helped Catherine the Great to the throne) and military commander (Battle of Çeşme), born in Lyutkino, Russia (d. 1808) (NS date)
Oct 31 James Lovell, American educator and statesman, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1789)
Dec 26 Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)