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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (died 1736)
Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747)
Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista, President of the First Government Junta of Chile (died 1811)
Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) (died 1765)
Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)
Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1754)
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of…
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of…
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (died 1748)
Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (died 1747)
Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (died 1751)
Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)
Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)
Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (died 1742)
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1726)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734)