Eli Whitney (1765-1825)
Dec 8 American inventor (Cotton Gin), born in Westborough, Massachusetts
- Dec 10 Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance, born in Vught, Netherlands (d. 1821)
- Dec 15 Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1821)
- Dec 22 Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1825)
- Dec 25 Joseph Mazzinghi, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1844)
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