French and Indian War 1754–1763
Belligerents: George Washington, Catawba people, Kingdom of France, Iroquois, Cherokee, Lenape, Algonquin people, Kingdom of Great Britain
Who lived through the French and Indian War
Well-known people alive during 1754–1763:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
- George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
- Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
- Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
- Adam Smith (1723–1790) — Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
- Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) — Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) — Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
- John Adams (1735–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
- James Cook (1728–1779) — British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
- Francisco Goya (1746–1828) — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) — German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
- James Madison (1751–1836) — President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
- William Blake (1757–1827) — English poet and artist (1757–1827)
- James Watt (1736–1819) — British engineer (1736–1819)
- David Hume (1711–1776) — Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) — Austrian composer (1732–1809)
- George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) — German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
- James Monroe (1758–1831) — president of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)
- Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796) — eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)
- Denis Diderot (1713–1784) — French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
- Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) — English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
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