Famous People Born in 1726

22 notable people were born in 1726.

Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer

June 3 · 1726–1797

King of Sardinia from 1773 to 1796

June 26 · 1726–1796

French composer and chess master

September 7 · 1726–1795

American planter, politician, and merchant

April 5 · 1726–1791

Italian Roman Catholic saint

April 6 · 1726–1755

Dauphine of France

June 11 · 1726–1746

Welsh naturalist

June 14 · 1726–1798

Royal Navy officer and politician

March 8 · 1726–1799

American Founding Father and politician

November 20 · 1726–1797

American colonel in the Revolutionary War

February 20 · 1726–1795

American politician

August 7 · 1726–1790

German painter and printmaker

October 16 · 1726–1801

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1726–1798Lewis MorrisAmerican Founding Father and developerApril 8
1726–1805Patrick RussellScottish surgeon and naturalistFebruary 6
1726–1813Charles Middleton, 1st Baron BarhamRoyal Navy officer and politicianOctober 14
1726–1778Francesco CettiItalian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematicianAugust 9
1726–1770Francis CotesEnglish painterMay 20
1726–1804Christian Felix WeißeGerman writer and pedagogueJanuary 28
1726–1803Acharya BhikshuIndian Jain spiritual leaderJuly 1
1726–1793Johann HartmannDanish composerDecember 24
1726–1803Johann BeckerGerman composer and organistSeptember 1
1726–1766Margaret Fownes-LuttrellBritish heiressFebruary 7