1716 births

King of Spain from 1759 to 1788

English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)

poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)

French sculptor (1716–1791)

poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1716-1797)

Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene

Spanish explorer, naval officer, colonial official, and naturalist

French writer and numismatist (1716-1795)

explorer and soldier in New Spain

Prussian princess

Swedish scientist and priest (1716-1779)

French scientist

French painter (1716-1808)

French poet, philosopher and military officer

18th-century French noblewoman

German botanist (1716–1774)

Italian physicist

British Army general (1716-1785)

Swedish architect (1716-1796)

German scholar (1716-1774)

Spanish painter (1716-1780)

Greek Orthodox bishop

Italian composer and violinist

Japanese artist (1716-1800)

German noble

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

English engineer

sculptor from France (1716-1777)

Austrian architect

Russian artist (1716-1795)

Polish noble (1717–1792)

American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1716-1778)

Prince of East Frisia

German baroque composer *1785

French diplomat and writer (1716-1798)

French librarian

Czech violinist, composer and organist

Landgrave

Prussian soldier

Italian mathematician

French visionary (1716-1794)

German politician, canon, provost and author of numerous hymns (1716-1778)

Greek bishop (1716–1786)

Swedish priest and historian (1716-1794)

samurai

British politician (1716–1771)

British duchess; Lady of the Bedchamber (1716-1776)

Bohemian physicist (1716-1778)

British politician

Dutch linguist (1716-1778)

Portuguese archbishop

(1716-1806)

Spanish colonial governor

Danish-German painter (1716-1776)

British artist (1716-1774)

Italian composer

German painter (1716-1749)

American architect (1716-1775)

German philosopher and theologian

Danish judge (1716-1788)