French writer (d. 1771) John Ward, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1773) June 29 – Azad Bilgrami, scholar of Arabic (d. 1786) July–September July 4 – Michel de Sallaberry (d. 1768) July 15 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologian and minister (d. 1792) July 31 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752) August 3 Catherine-Nicole Lemaure, French operatic soprano (d. 1786) Benjamin Shoemaker, colonial Pennsylvania Quaker (d. 1767) August 5 – William Allen, wealthy merchant (d. 1780) August 11 – Karl August von Bergen (d. 1759) August 12 – Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (d. 1774) August 13 – Alexis Fontaine des Bertins, French mathematician (d. 1771) August 21 – Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe (d. 1774) August 26 Marie-Anne Barbel, French-Canadian Businesswomen who lived in New France (d. 1793) Guy Michel de Durfort, French general and nobleman (d. 1773) Pierre L'Enfant, painter (d. 1787) September 3 – Joseph de Jussieu, French botanist and explorer (d. 1779) September 5 – Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French Rococo portraitist, working primarily with pastels (d. 1788) September 7 – John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, son of Charles Hope (d. 1781) September 12 – Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester (d. 1776) September 20 – Isaac Basire, engraver, first in a family line of prolific and well-respected engravers (d. 1768) September 22 – Jacques de Lafontaine de Belcour, French entrepreneur with business ventures in New France (now Quebec) (d. 1765) September 24 – Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1763) September 26 – William French, Anglican priest (d. 1785) September 29 – Johann Friedrich Cartheuser, German physician and naturalist (d. 1777) October–December October 29 – John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) November 1 Erland Broman, Swedish official and noble (d. 1757) Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist (d. 1779) November 5 Benjamin Goldthwait, British army officer in King George's War and the French and Indian War (d. 1761) Samuel Pegge, English antiquary and clergyman (d. 1796) November 6 – Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, Dutch nobleman and politician (d. 1774) November 7 – Charles Gautier de Vinfrais, French officer of the Royal venery (d. 1797) November 11 – Adriaan van Royen, Dutch botanist (d. 1779) November 13 – Charles Hamilton, MP (d. 1786) November 16 – Giacopo Belgrado (d. 1789) November 19 James Gabriel Montresor, British military engineer (d. 1776) Richard Pococke (d. 1765) November 28 – Jacob Mossel (d. 1761) December