officer (d. 1865) April 24 – Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, French physician (d. 1838) April 25 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Lepel, Prussian major general and adjutant to Prince Henry of Prussia (d. 1840) April 26 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) Anne Jean Marie René Savary, French general (d. 1833) April 28 Francis Baily, British astronomer (d. 1844) Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British noble (d. 1844) James Deacon Hume, British economist (d. 1842) Owen Biddle Jr., American architect (d. 1806) Manuel Piar, Venezuelan general (d. 1817) April 29 Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel, French officer (d. 1826) Anna Gottlieb, Austrian singer (d. 1856) David Hoadley, American architect (d. 1839) Richard Sass, British artist (d. 1849) April 30 – John Yelloly, English doctor (d. 1842) May May 1 John Reeves, English naturalist (d. 1856) Robert Watt, Scottish physician and bibliographer (d. 1819) May 2 George Lewis, Royal Marines officer (d. 1854) Ichijō Tadayoshi, Japanese kugyō (court noble) of the Edo period (d. 1837) May 4 Samuel W. Bridgham, Rhode Island politician (d. 1840) Rufus Easton, American politician (d. 1834) May 5 Robert Barrie, British naval officer (d. 1841) Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier, French officer (d. 1809) May 6 Pierce Butler, British politician (d. 1846) John Elias, Welsh writer and preacher (d. 1841) Christoph von Lieven, Russian general and prince (d. 1839) May 7 William Bainbridge, United States Navy officer (d. 1833) Jonathan Makepeace, U.S. politician (d. 1850) May 11 – James Townley, English Wesleyan minister and author (d. 1833) May 12 Ellis Cunliffe Lister, British politician (d. 1853) Samuel Owen, British-Swedish engineer (d. 1854) Friederike von Reden, German noblewoman, philanthropist and salon-holder (d. 1854) May 14 Joseph Bouchette, Canadian surveyor (d. 1841) Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, Anglo-Irish peer (d. 1835) May 15 – Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, German chemist and mineralogist (d. 1856) May 16 – Johann Baptist von Keller, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1845) May 18 – Gaetano Rossi, Italian librettist (d. 1855) May 21 Claude Antoine Compère, French general (d. 1812) Jean-Henry-Louis Greffulhe, French private banker and politician (d. 1820) May 22 James Bennett, British minister (d. 1862) Levi Cutter, American businessman politician (d. 1856) May 24 Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet, English Conservative politician (d. 1862) Stuart Corbett, Archdeacon of York (d. 1845) Francis Magan, United Irishman, barrister and informer (d. 1843) May 25 Isaach Isaachsen, Norwegian politician (d. 1828) John Pye-Smith, English theologian (d.