Births 1724

immanuel kant



april 22 – immanuel kant, german philosopher (d. 1804)
may 7 – dagobert sigmund von wurmser, alsatian-born austrian general (d. 1797)
may 19 – augustus hervey, 3rd earl of bristol, british admiral, politician (d. 1779)


john smeaton



june 8 – john smeaton, english civil engineer (d. 1792)
july 2 – friedrich gottlieb klopstock, german poet (d. 1803)
july 10 – eva ekeblad, swedish scientist (d. 1786)
july 31 – noël françois de wailly, french lexicographer (d. 1801)
august 23 – abraham yates, american continental congressman (d. 1796)
august 25 – george stubbs, english painter (d. 1806)
august 27 – john joachim zubly, swiss-born continental congressman (d. 1781)
september 3 – guy carleton, 1st baron dorchester, british soldier , governor of quebec (d. 1808)
october 31 – christopher anstey, english writer (d. 1805)
december 12 – samuel hood, 1st viscount hood, british admiral (d. 1816)
december 13 – franz aepinus, german scientist (d. 1802)
december 18 – louise of great britain, queen of frederick v of denmark (d. 1751)
december 24 – johann conrad ammann, swiss physician, naturalist (d. 1811)
december 25 – john michell, english scientist , geologist (d. 1793)
december 30 – louis-jean-françois lagrenée, french painter (d. 1805)
date unknown– marie anne victoire pigeon, french mathematician (d. 1767)