1720s births

founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)

Italian artist (1722–1780)

Military commander, de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (1720-1782)

Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98)

Japanese printmaker

Ottawa Indian leader (1720-1769)

English cotton weaver; inventor of the spinning jenny

Russian saint

Polish noble (1729-1800)

Russian noble

African American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre

African slaved person

French freemason

French porcelain artist in England

Scottish writer, editor

Prince of Wallachia

Irish-Spanish colonial administrator (1720-1801)

Italian violinist and composer

British Army general (1726-1783)

Ioannis Vlachos (), better known as Daskalogiannis (; 1722/30 – 17 June 1771), was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.

British composer, writer and grocer

Italian painter (1722-1770)

Dutch entomologist of German origin

British furniture designer

British lawyer, antiquary and naturalist

Italian composer

Swedish naturalist

khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate 1750–1753

French musician

Filipino insurgent

Royal Navy admiral; (1720-1794)

Spanish composer

Native American orator and war leader (c. 1723-1870)

Zulu king

German-born Danish engraver (1720–1775)

British jeweler (1723–1800)

Spanish general and colonial governor

First khan of Baku

Dutch-American navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer (1741-1784)

Austro-Hungarian army officer

18th century Italian composer

cartographer, typographer and publisher from Italy

Spanish musician

Swiss cartographer (1721–1824)

American general

Italian sculptor (c.1726-1796)

Welsh-Irish writer

Danish jurist

British writer

English child torturer and murderer

Maharana of Mewar

khan of Kokand

Greek hieromonk and theologian

Italian road and bridge engineer

founder and leader of the Mola quilombo

Russian architect

British Army general

British mathematical instrument maker and science writer (c. 1709–1772)

Kalaniōpuu-a-Kaiamamao (c. 1729 – April 1782) was the aliʻi nui (supreme monarch) of the island of Hawaiʻi. He was called Terreeoboo, King of Owhyhee by James Cook and other Europeans. His name has also been written as Kaleiopuu.

British dealer in antiquities (1722-1798)