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1731 births

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Henry Cavendish

English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)

Martha Washington

First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797

English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800)

English physician (1731-1802)

Marie Josèphe of Saxony

dauphine of France (1731-1767)

British botanist

Marcello Bacciarelli

Polish-Italian painter (1731–1818)

Benjamin Banneker

free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)

Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

French orientalist (1731–1805)

Gabriela Silang

Filipina insurgent leader

Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1731-1795)

Samuel Huntington

American statesman; 18th Governor of Connecticut (1731-1796)

Catharine Macaulay

English historian, philosopher, feminist (1731-1791)

Robert Treat Paine

American lawyer and judge, signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)

Gaetano Pugnani

Italian violinist and composer

Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess

Christian Cannabich

German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister (1731-1798)

Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Danish politician (1731-1808)

Johann August Ephraim Goeze

German entomologist, discoverer of Tardigrada (1731-1793)

British artist (1725-1809)

American politician (1731-1821)

French architect (1731–1800)

Maria Fortunata d'Este

Princess of Conti (1731–1803)

Ramón de la Cruz

Spanish writer (1731-1794)

Dirk van der Aa

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1731-1809)

Francisco Javier Clavijero

mesoamericanist, 1731-1787

František Xaver Dušek

Czech composer, pianist and harpsichordist

Italian historian (1731-1813)

Jacob von Sievers

Baltic German statesman (1731-1808)

Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt

Gian Francesco Malfatti

Italian mathematician (1731-1807)

Elisabetta de Gambarini

British composer (1730–1765)

Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless

Catholic cardinal

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

British lawyer and Tory politician (1731-1806)

American loyalist soldier

Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels

Landgravine and regent of Hesse-Homburg (1731-1792)

Johannes Wiedewelt

Danish sculptor (1731–1802)

Danish writer and translator

Rafael Landívar

Guatemalan poet and Jesuit priest

mother of Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Scottish natural historian (1731-1803)

Johan Theodor Holmskjold

Danish botanist (1731–1793)

Venetian noble and admiral (1731-1792)

Gasparo Angiolini

ballet dancer, composer, choreographer

Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

British politician (1731–1812)

Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg

Swedish writer (1731-1808)

William William

signer of the US declaration of independence (1731-1811)

Gustaf Philip Creutz

Swedish statesman, diplomat and poet (1731-1785)

António Diniz da Cruz e Silva

Portuguese writer

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan

Royal Navy admiral (1731-1804)

French artist (1731-1804)

Joaquim Machado de Castro

Portuguese artist (1731–1822)

Giovanni Battista Tommasi

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1731-1805)

Vasile Ursu Nicola

Romanian revolutionary (1731-1785)

Henri Van der Noot

Belgian politician (1731-1827)

Joseph Galloway

American politician

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster

British duchess (1731-1814); second of the famous Lennox sisters

British astronomer