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Jeremy Bentham Rollweiser
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
Jacques-Louis David
French painter (1748–1825)
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
Charles IV of Spain
King of Spain from 1788 to 1808
Charles XIII of Sweden
King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway (1814-1818)
Adam Weishaupt
German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati (1748–1830)
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
French botanist (1748–1836)
Claude Louis Berthollet
French chemist (1748-1822)

Johann Friedrich Gmelin
German naturalist (1748–1804)

Louis Pierre Vieillot
French ornithologist
Adamantios Korais
Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)

William V, Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange, General Stadtholder of the United Provinces (1748-1806)

John Playfair
Scottish scientist and mathematician

Martha Jefferson
First lady of Virginia, wife of Thomas Jefferson (1748-1782)
Christian Gottlob Neefe
German composer and conductor (1748–1789)
Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini
French astronomer
Francesco Mario Pagano
Italian jurist and author
Anders Sparrman
Swedish naturalist (1748-1820)
Benedict Joseph Labre
French mendicant and saint
Charles Blagden
British physician and scientist (1748–1820)
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr
French anatomist (1748-1794)
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty
German poet
Pierre Sonnerat
French botanist (1748-1814)

Asaf-ud-Daula
Mirza Asaf-ud-Daula (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797, and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah. His mother and grandmother were the Begums of Oudh.
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1751-1820)
Paulinus of St. Bartholomew
Austrian Carmelite missionary and Orientalist
William Few
American politician (1748-1828)
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
British aristocrat and politician (1748-1811)
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel
German scientist (1748-1831)
Joseph Bramah
English inventor of the hydraulic press
John Marshall
British captain (1748-1819)
Anne Seymour Damer
British artist (1748–1828)
Jonas Carlsson Dryander
Swedish botanist (1748-1810)
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Royal Navy admiral (1748-1810)
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
British Army general (1748-1843)
Adair Crawford
British chemist (1748-1795)
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
English noble and diplomat
Thomas Day
Thomas Day, English author and political campaigner (1748-1789)
Franz Regis Clet
French presbyter
Johann Sebastian Bach
German painter, grandson of the composer (1748–1778)
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
Pierre-Louis Ginguené
French author (1748-1816)
Elias Stein
Dutch chess master
Fuk'anggan
'''Fuk'anggan' (Manchu:, Möllendorff: Fuk'anggan''; ; 1748–1796), courtesy name Yaolin (), was a Qing dynasty general from the Fuca clan of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner.
Rosalie Duthé
French courtesan
Georg Michael Telemann
German composer and theologian (1748-1831)
Jean-François de Bourgoing
French diplomat, writer and translator
Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński
Polish noble, writer and politician
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec
French Navy officer of the 18th century
Micaela Villegas (La Perricholi)
Peruvian actress

Louis-François de Bausset
Catholic cardinal, bishop of Alès, duke-pair of France, Minister of State (1748-1824)
Princess Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchess consort of Courland (1748-1782)
Luigi Fortis
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Scipione Breislak
Italian geologist and naturalist. (1748-1826)
Marie-Anne Collot
French sculptor and portraitist (1748-1821)
James Henry Craig
British military officer and colonial administrator
William Chalmers
Swedish merchant (1748-1811)
Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg
German poet
Johann Kollowrat
Austrian warrior (1748-1816)