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Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans
Queen consort of Spain
Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Holy Roman Empress consort (1673-1742)
Richard Bentley
English classical scholar, critic and theologian and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1662–1742)
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine, Duke of Jülich and Berg and Count Palatine of Neuburg (1661-1742)
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
Italian composer and violinist
Friedrich Hoffmann
German physician and chemist (1660–1742)
Jean-Baptiste Massillon
French Catholic bishop and famous preacher
Pylyp Orlyk
Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks
Luigi Guido Grandi
mathematician and philosopher from Italy
Jean-Baptiste Dubos
French clerks regular, diplomat, historian and writer
Willem 's Gravesande
Dutch physicist
Arvid Horn
Swedish politician (1664-1742)
Carlos Seixas
Portuguese composer
Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
Margravine consort of Baden-Durlach (1677-1742)
John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
German prince
Guido Starhemberg
Austrian marshall and nobleman (1657-1737)
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský
Czech music educator, composer, organist and Roman Catholic priest (1684-1742)
Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
Countess of Erbach by birth; Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen by marriage
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
Lars Roberg
Swedish physician (1664-1742)
Abraham Sharp
British mathematician (1653–1742)
Frederic Louis Norden
Danish explorer (1708-1742)
Melchior de Polignac
French diplomat and cardinal (1661-1742)
Susanna Wesley
Mother of Methodism
Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
German duke
Claude Aubriet
French painter (1665-1742)
Alexey Cherkassky
Russian politician (1684-1742)
Nicolas Andry
French physician and writer
Francis Fasani
Italian Franciscan friar and saint
Carlo Gaetano Stampa
Cardinal Archbishop of Milan
Narciso Tomé
Spanish architect
Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter
Austrian composer (1665–1742)
Eleazar Albin
naturalist, illustrator (1680-1742)
Aloys Thomas Raimund
Austrian politician and diplomat (1669-1742)
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf
Sinzend, Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von (1671-1742)
Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja
Portuguese prince of the second House of Braganza
Alexander Stuart
British scientist
Pedro de Ribera
Spanish architect (1681–1742)
Gilles-Marie Oppenord
French architect (1672–1742)
Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti
Catholic cardinal
Johann Matthias Hase
German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (1684-1742)
Saif bin Sultan II
Omani imam
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
British politician
Matteo Goffriller
Italian luthier
William Somervile
English poet
Kilian Stobæus
Swedish physician (1690-1742)
Faustino Bocchi
Italian painter (1659-1741)
Siwart Haverkamp
Dutch classical scholar
Jacques Gabriel
French architect (1667–1742)
Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder
German artist (1666-1742)
Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon
French architect and sculptor (1667-1742)
Giovan Battista Fagiuoli
writer, poet and playwright from Italy (1660-1742)
Louis Bourguet
French geologist and archaeologist
Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Russian noble
James Douglas
Scottish anatomist and midwife; (1675-1742)
Johann Adalbert Angermayer
painter from Bílina, Bohemia (German-Czech painter) (1674-1740)
Dominique Marie Varlet
French bishop (1678-1742)
Henry Eccles
English composer
Jan Baptist Xavery
Flemish sculptor (1697–1742)