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Born in 1740
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Giambattista Bodoni |
Publisher |
16-Feb-1740 |
29-Nov-1813 |
Italian printer |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Marquis de Sade |
Author |
2-Jun-1740 |
2-Dec-1814 |
120 Days of Sodom |
| Giovanni Paisiello |
Composer |
9-May-1740 |
5-Jun-1816 |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
| Pope Pius VII |
Religion |
14-Aug-1740 |
20-Aug-1823 |
Roman Catholic Pope 1800-23 |
| Emelian Pugachev |
Anarchist |
1740 |
10-Jan-1775 |
Bloody insurrectionist in southern Russia, 1773-74 |
| John Sullivan |
Military |
18-Feb-1740 |
23-Jan-1795 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Napper Tandy |
Politician |
1740 |
24-Aug-1803 |
Irish politician and revolutionary |
| Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Mar-1740 |
7-Aug-1809 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1797-1809 |
| Tsar Ivan VI |
Royalty |
12-Aug-1740 |
5-Jul-1764 |
Tsar of Russia, 1740-41 |
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