Editing 1739 (section)

== Births ==
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Charles François Dumouriez]], French general (d. [[1823]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart]], French architect (d. [[1813]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[George Clymer]], [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] and [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] (d. [[1813]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance]], Third Consul of France (d. [[1824]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Johann Augustus Eberhard]], German theologian, philosopher (d. [[1809]])
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher]], [[Methodism|Methodist]] preacher and philanthropist (d. 1816)
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Grigory Potemkin]], Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great (d. [[1791]])
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf]], Austrian composer (d. [[1799]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Henrik Gabriel Porthan]], Finnish professor and historian (d. [[1804]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filosofia.fi/fi/biografia/porthan-henrik-gabriel-1739-1804|title=Porthan, Henrik Gabriel (1739–1804)|website=Filosofia.fi|date=September 21, 2007 |access-date=8 November 2023|language=fi}}</ref>
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Jean-François de La Harpe]], French critic (d. [[1803]]) 
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French politician (d. [[1817]])
* ''date unknown''
**[[Antonio Cachia]], Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (d. [[1813]])
** [[Bénédict Chastanier]], French surgeon (d. [[1816]])
** [[Margherita Dalmet]], Venetian dogaressa (d. [[1817]])
**[[Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas]], French naval captain (d. [[1807]])
**[[Samuel Mason]], Revolutionary War soldier, early American outlaw (d. [[1803]])
**[[Karoline Kaulla]], German banker (d. [[1809]])
**[[Yelizaveta Belogradskaya]], Russian singer and musician