French and Indian Wars 1688–1763

Who lived through the French and Indian Wars

Well-known people alive during 1688–1763:

• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• 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)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
• 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)
• Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
• Francisco Goya (1746–1828) — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
• Peter the Great (1672–1725) — Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
• James Madison (1751–1836) — President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) — Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) — Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
• 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)

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