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Antoine François Prévost
French novelist (1697–1763)
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
Augustus III of Poland
King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)
Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)
Princess Isabella of Parma
Archduchess of Austria
Peter Forsskål
Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus (1732-1763)
Mary Toft
English medical hoaxer
Khariton Laptev
Russian explorer
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
Swedish poet
Joseph François Dupleix
Governor of French India
Gabriela Silang
Filipina insurgent leader
Marco Foscarini
117th Doge of Venice
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1746 to 1763
Olof von Dalin
Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier (1708–1763)
Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp
Prussian lieutenant-general and an Imperial Russian field marshal
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
French composer and flautist (1673-1763)
John Theodore of Bavaria
Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
British statesman (1690-1763)
Charles August Frederick, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
German prince
Friedrich III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711-1763)
Koca Ragıp Paşa
Ottoman Grand Vizier
William Shenstone
English poet and landscape gardener (1714-1763)
Heinrich von Brühl
German statesman and art collector at the court of Saxony (1700-1763)
Fyodor Volkov
Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater (1729-1763)
Giovanni Battista Somis
Italian violinist and composer (1686-1763)
Salabat Jung
Nizam of Hyderabad (1718-1763)
Gottfried Heinrich Bach
Son of Johann Sebastian Bach
Emmanuel Héré de Corny
French architect (1705–1763)
William Smellie
Scottish obstetrician (1697–1763)
George Psalmanazar
French writer (1679–1763)
Yi Ik
Korean philosopher (1681-1763)
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff
Austrian Field Marshal
Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Italian composer
Minggatu
thumb|300px|A page from Minggatu's Geyuan Milü Jiefa thumb|300px|Minggatu's geometrical model for trigonometric infinite series thumb|300px|Minggatu discovered Catalan numbers Minggatu (Mongolian script: ; , c.1692-c. 1763), full name Sharavyn Myangat (), also known as Ming Antu, was a Mongolian astronomer, mathematician, and topographic scientist at the Qing court. His courtesy name was Jing An (静安).
Johann Hieronymus Kniphof
German botanist (1704–1763)
Louis Racine
French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment
Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Danish politician (1694-1763)
Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie
Swedish noblewoman (1723-1763)
Jean-François Oeben
German master cabinetmaker specialized in marquetry having worked in Paris (1721-1763)
Naungdawgyi
Dabayin Min (, "Prince of Dabayin"), commonly known as Naungdawgyi ( , lit. "Elder Brother"; 10 August 1734 – 28 November 1763), personal name Maung Lauk (မောင်လောက်), was the second king of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), from 1760 to 1763. He was a top military commander in his father Alaungpaya's reunification campaigns of the country. As king, he spent much of his short reign suppressing multiple rebellions across the newly founded kingdom from Ava (Inwa) and Toungoo (Taungoo) to Martaban (Mottama) and Chiang Mai. The king suddenly died less than a year after he had successfully suppr
Christoph Schaffrath
German composer
Maharaja Surajmal
Maharaja of Bharatpur Kingdom (1707-1763)
Caspar Abel
Theologian, historian, poet (1676–1763)
Matias Aires
Brazilian writer (1705-1763)
Diego Silang
Filipino insurgent leader
Frans van Mieris the Younger
Dutch painter (1689–1763)
Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin
Russian architect
Giuseppe Spinelli
Catholic cardinal (1694-1763)
Franz Anton Bustelli
German sculptor and potter (1723-1763)
Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy
Italian noblewoman
Giuseppe Nogari
Italian painter (1699-1766)
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
British politician and earl (1710-1763)
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
British earl
Natalia Lopukhina
Russian noble (1699–1763)
Hendrik Frans van Lint
Flemish landscape painter (1684–1763)
Jan van Gool
Dutch painter (1685-1765)
John Byrom
English poet and inventor of a shorthand system
Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein
Roman Catholic archbishop (1689-1763)
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra
Catholic cardinal
Benedykt Chmielowski
Polish priest and encyclopedist (1700-1763)