Adam Smith
Scottish economist and philosopher
25 notable people were born in 1723.
Joshua Reynolds
English painter
Frederick V of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766
John Burgoyne
British Army officer, playwright and politician
William Blackstone
English jurist, judge, and politician
Princess Mary of Great Britain
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel from 1760 to 1772
John Witherspoon
American Founding Father and minister
Carl Friedrich Abel
German composer
John Byron
Royal Navy officer, explorer, and colonial administrator
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
French zoologist and natural philosopher
Richard Price
British philosopher, preacher and mathematician
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Italian physician and naturalist
More birthdays
- 1723–1790William LivingstonAmerican Founding Father and politicianNovember 30
- 1723–1790Johann Bernhard BasedowGerman educational reformer and philosopherSeptember 11
- 1723–1799Jean-François MarmontelFrench historian and writerJuly 11
- 1723–1787Anna Amalia, Abbess of QuedlinburgPrussian princessNovember 9
- 1723–1807Friedrich Melchior, Baron von GrimmGerman journalist, art critic, and diplomatDecember 26
- 1723–1762Tobias Mayer18th-century German astronomerFebruary 17
- 1723–1788Johann Georg PalitzschGerman astronomerJune 11
- 1723–1781Cornelius HarnettAmerican Founding Father and politicianApril 20
- 1723–1798Nikolaus Poda von NeuhausAustrian entomologistOctober 4
- 1723–1797Giovanni Marco RutiniItalian composerApril 25
- 1723–1783Charles CarrollAmerican politicianMarch 22
- 1723–1797Samuel LangdonAmerican Congregational clergyman and educator, President of Harvard CollegeJanuary 12
- 1723–1816Adam FergusonScottish philosopher and historianJune 20