1765 deaths

French colonial governor (1726-1765)

French engraver (1716–1764)

German painter (1689-1765)

Swedish historian

Italian literate, bibliographer and literary historian (1707–1765)

German linguist

Italian painter (1690-1765)

writer

Swedish painter (1736-1765)

French historian

Swedish politician

English landscape artist and theatre scene painter

Danish painter (1688–1764)

British Army officer

Danish mathematician

Italian historian

Croatian general

painter (1687-1765)

Italian luthier

Italian painter (c.1700-1765)

Flemish painter (1702-1765)

(1696–1765) Hungarian palatine

Vietnamese ruler

Military commander and Lordship of Parliament (1703-1765)

Welsh cartographer (1701–1765)

British literary forger (1723–1765)

Scottish poet

German priest, pipe organist, composer

British explorer

Scottish soldier and politician

daimyo

Italian painter (1688-1765)

painter from Switzerland active in the Northern Netherlands (1692-1765)

Prussian general

British architect (1718–1765)

German architect

English cricketer (1713–1765)

American artist (1707-1765)

German Jesuit preacher

Calvinist theologian and historian

Scottish economist

British politician (1731-1765)

Hasidic leader

English painter (1697–1765)

Irish engraver

Polish bishop (1700–1768)

Indian composer

Prince Guo Gong of the Second Rank; sixth son of Emperor Yongzheng (Qing Dynasty); adopted by the Prince Yunli (1738)

French architect

German courtier

Dutch painter (1686 – 1765)