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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German philosopher (1762–1814)
George IV of the United Kingdom
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830 (1762-1830)
André Chénier
French poet
Spencer Perceval
19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)
Pierre André Latreille
French zoologist and entomologist (1762–1833)
Karađorđe
Đorđe Petrović (; ;  – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. Karađorđe Petrović held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813.
Gia Long
founder and 1st emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam (r. 1802-04)
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Marshal of France (1762-1833)
Constanze Mozart
Austrian singer
Lachlan Macquarie
Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824)
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general (1762–1806)
Anton Bernolák
Slovak linguist and roman catholic priest
Theroigne de Mericourt
French revolutionary (1762-1817)
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
Scottish physician, traveller and naturalist (1762-1829)
Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
German physician (1762–1836)
Jacques Balmat
Savoyard mountain guide
Jeremias Benjamin Richter
German chemist (1762-1807)
Joanna Baillie
Scottish poet and dramatist (1762-1851)
Giovanni Aldini
physicist
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
daughter of emperor Joseph II (1762-1770)
Juan O'Donojú
Spanish general and colonial governor (1762-1821)
Jean-Étienne Championnet
French general (1762-1800)
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
French architect (1762-1853)
Giuseppe Valadier
Italian architect (1762–1839)
Christian August Vulpius
German writer (1762–1827)
Herman Willem Daendels
Dutch politician (1762–1818)
Charles Louis, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1789 to 1825
Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Princess of Nassau-Usingen by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Susanna Rowson
English-born American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, educator, geographer (1762-1824)
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
British politician (1762-1834)
Bushrod Washington
U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1798 to 1829
María Teresa de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
Spanish aristocrat
Felice Pasquale Baciocchi
French military general (1762–1841)
Marcos Portugal
Portuguese classical composer
Jan Rustem
painter from Armenia (1762-1835)
Jeong Yak-yong
Korean scholar and philosopher (1762 - 1836)
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi
Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Karl Christian Gmelin
German botanist and naturalist (1762-1837)
Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf
Prussian general (1762-1823)
Syama Sastri
Indian musician
Sada Kaur
Rani of Sarkar-e-Khalsa
Anthimus III, Patriarch of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch in 1822–1824
Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein
British Army general (1762-1823)
Georg Friedrich Benecke
German philologist and professor
Edmund Ignatius Rice
founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori
American slave
William Robert Broughton
British naval officer
Fabian Steinheil
Russian army general, Governor General of Finland. Discoverer of pargasite and cordierite, var. steinheilite (1762-1831)
Michael Kelly
Irish singer and composer (1762-1826)
Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz
Norwegian politician (1762-1838)
Paul Hamilton
American politician (1762-1816)
George Colman the Younger
English dramatist and writer (1762-1836)
Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp
Dutch politician (1762–1834)
Jan Willem Janssens
Dutch noble, governor of the Kaapkolonie (1762–1838)
William Branch Giles
American politician (1762-1830)
Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski
Polish writer (1762-1808)
Johan Albrecht Ehrenström
Finnish politician
Johann Heinrich Abicht
German philosopher and university teacher (1762–1816)
Home Riggs Popham
Royal Navy admiral (1762-1820)