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George Washington
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of His Country for his role in bringing about American independence.
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
Pierre Beaumarchais
French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)
Stanisław August Poniatowski
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1764-1795)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter (1732–1806)
Jacques Necker
Genevan minister resident in France, French statesman, and finance minister of Louis XVI (1732-1804)
Jérôme Lalande
French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782
Richard Arkwright
textile entrepreneur; developer of the spinning frame (known as the water frame)
Warren Hastings
Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
Johann Christoph Adelung
German philologist, linguist (1732-1806)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
German musician and composer (1732–1795)
Abbas III
The first nominal Safavid king (1732–1736)
John Dickinson
American politician (1732-1808)
Nevil Maskelyne
fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)
Peter Forsskål
Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (1732-1763)
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Wurttemburg (1732-1797)
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse
French Salon-holder
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
Carl Gotthard Langhans
Prussian builder and architect (1732-1808)
Richard Henry Lee
Founding Father of the United States (1732–1794)
Joseph Gaertner
German botanist (1732–1791)
Marie Adélaïde of France
French noblewoman (1732-1800)
Johan Peter Falk
Swedish botanist (1732-1774)
Shuja-ud-Daula
Shuja-ud-Daula (19 January 1732 – 26 January 1775) was the third Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 until his death 26 January 1775.
José Celestino Mutis y Bosio
Spanish mathematician and botanist (1732–1808)
Joseph von Sonnenfels
Austrian noble (1733-1817)
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer (*1732 – †1796)
Charles Lee
British military diplomat and general of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence (1731-1782)
František Brixi
Czech composer
John Blair Jr.
American politician, Founding Father and jurist
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo
Prince-bishop (1732-1812)
Luigi Lanzi
Italian art historian and archaeologist (1732–1810)
Cristina Roccati
Italian scientist (1732-1797)
Charles Churchill
British poet (1732–1764)
Johan Wilcke
Swedish physicist (1732-1796)
Thomas Johnson
U.S. Supreme Court Justice and politician (1732–1819)
Margravine Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
German duchess (1732-1780)
William Cushing
United States federal judge (1732-1810)
George Colman the Elder
British writer
James Adam
Scottish architect; (1732-1794)
Princess Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel
German princess
Johann Christian Kittel
German organist and composer
William Falconer
British writer and poet
Maria Christina Bruhn
Swedish chemist and inventor
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin
Catholic cardinal (1732-1804)
Antoine Léonard Thomas
French poet (1732-1785)
Gian Francesco de Majo
Italian composer (1732–1770)
Jean Bardin
French historical painter (1732–1809)
Pehr Hilleström
Swedish artist (1732-1816)
Vicente Liem de la Paz
Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church
Honoré Fragonard
French anatomist (1732-1799)
Jean-Claude Trial
composer (1732-1771)
Ajima Naonobu
Japanese mathematician
Samuel Livermore
American politician (1732-1803)
Angelo Fabroni
Italian biographer
Charles-Pierre Colardeau
French poet, dramatist and member of the Académie française (1732–1776)
William Louis, Prince of Baden
German prince (1732-1788)
Johann Christoph von Wöllner
Prussian pastor and politician (1732-1800)
Matija Antun Relković
Croatian writer (1732–1798)