Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)
Jan 1 American military leader (Legion of the United States), born in Easttown Township, Province of Pennsylvania
- Jan 6 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor and pioneer balloonist (Montgolfière-style hot air balloon), born in Annonay, France (d. 1799)
- Jan 7 Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist (named nearly 10,000 species), born in Tønder, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1808)
- Jan 9 Caleb Strong, 6th and 10th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
- Jan 17 Nicolas Roze, French composer, born in Mercurey, France (d. 1819)
- Jan 23 William Jessop, English canal engineer, born in Plymouth, United Kingdom (d. 1814)
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)
Feb 18 Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, born in Como, Italy
- Feb 20 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), born in London (d. 1813)
- Feb 20 Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, conductor, and musical promoter (Hadyn), baptized in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
- Feb 22 João de Sousa Carvalho, Portuguese composer and music teacher to the royal family, born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1798)
- Feb 27 Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, born in Oberhöflein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
- Mar 10 John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
- Mar 16 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
- Mar 17 Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1819)
- Mar 25 Nicolas Etienne Framery, French composer and lyricist, born in Rouen, France (d. 1810)
- Apr 6 William Dawes, American soldier and patriot who with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott warned Massachusetts minutemen the regulars are coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord, born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (d. 1799) [1]
- Apr 7 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, born in Jemníky, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (now Czech Republic) (d. 1819)
Philippe Pinel (1745-1826)
Apr 20 French physician and father of modern psychiatry who developed a more humane approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, born in Jonquières, France
- Apr 29 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), born in Windsor, Connecticut, British America (d. 1807)
- May 8 Carl Philipp Stamitz, German composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
- Jun 8 Caspar Wessel, Danish-Norwegian mathematician, born in Vestby, Norway (d. 1818)
- Jun 27 Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, born in Vinařice, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1801)
- Jul 13 Robert Calder, British naval officer, born in Kent, England (d. 1818)
- Jul 28 Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier, general and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826)
- Aug 18 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, Bohemian composer, born in Litoměřice (d. 1807)
- Aug 26 François Guichard, French guitarist and composer, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1807)
- Sep 16 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (Battle of Borodino), born in St Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1813)
- Sep 23 John Sevier, American soldier, Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-09), Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1815)
- Nov 24 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Palace of San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain (d. 1792)
- Nov 27 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, born in Pilsting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1784)
John Jay (1745-1829)
Dec 12 US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, born in New York City
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