1697 births

French noble

German painter (1697-1765)

French ballet dancer and choreographer

Great Sikh Warrior

British landowner (1697-1759)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1697–1774)

French painter (1697-1786)

physician, physiologist, botanist (1697-1755)

Italian painter (1697-1760)

French historian

German composer

French surgeon

British soldier and Whig politician

Russian diplomat

Italian painter (1697-1773)

French engraver and art dealer (1697–1778)

Italian opera singer (1696-1760)

Finnish artist (1697-1751)

Spanish ethnographer, historian and Jesuit missionary (1697-1750s)

Yunli (24 March 1697 – 21 March 1738), born Yinli, formally known as Prince Guo, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty.

German mineralogist and scientist (1697 – 1753)

British writer

Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (1697-1773)

French writer

Italian historian

Italian actor (1697-1733)

British diplomat

Governor of the Duchy of Milan

French noble (1697-1783)

English peer

American poet

German-Italian gemcutter (1697–1779)

French sculptor

German musician (1697-1778)

Italian composer (1697–1760)

Italian painter (1697-1732)

Swiss theologian (1697-1766)

English painter (1697–1765)

Spanish dramatist and historian (1697-1764)

German Jesuit preacher

American colonial author, printer, newspaper publisher, and almanac publisher

Scottish minister and economist (1697-1771)

German writer (1697-1768)

Italian painter (1694-1770)

Japanese painter (1697-1752)

Scottish noble

German architect

Italian mathematician