Year (''' MDCCXLVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 15 - John Aikin , English doctor and writer (died 1822 )
- January 19 - Johann Elert Bode , German astronomer (died 1826 )
- January 26 - Samuel Parr , English schoolmaster (died 1825 )
- February 19 - John "Walking" Stewart , traveller and philosopher (died 1822 )
- February 21 - Eugenio Espejo , Ecuadorian scientist (died 1795 )
- May 5 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1792 )
- July 6 - John Paul Jones , American naval captain (died 1792 )
- September 9 - Thomas Coke , first American Methodist Bishop (died 1814 )
- October 8 - Jean-François Rewbell , French politician (died 1807 )
- December 12 - Anna Seward , English writer (died 1809 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- François Tourte , French musical instrument maker (died 1835 )
- --- Francis Salvador , American patriot (died 1776 )
: ''See also .''
- January 16 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes , German poet (born 1680 )
- March 16 - Christian Augustus Of Anhalt-Zerbst , father of Catherine II Of Russia (born 1690 )
- March 23 - Claude Alexandre De Bonneval , French soldier (born 1675 )
- April 2 - Johann Jacob Dillenius , German botanist (born 1684 )
- April 7 - Leopold I, Prince Of Anhalt-Dessau , Prussian field marshal (born 1676 )
- April 9 - Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat , Scottish clan chief (born c. 1667 )
- May 9 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl Of Stair , Scottish soldier and diplomat (born 1673 )
- May 28 - Luc De Clapiers, Marquis De Vauvenargues , French writer (born 1715 )
- May 31 - Andrei Osterman , Russian statesman (born 1686 )
- June - Nadir Shah , Persian leader (born 1688 )
- June 19 - Alessandro Marcello , Italian composer (born 1669 )
- July 9 - Giovanni Bononcini , Italian composer (born 1670 )
- October 10 - John Potter , Archbishop Of Canterbury (born c. 1674 )
- November 17 - Alain-René Le Sage , French writer (born 1668 )
- December 2 - Vincent Bourne , English classical scholar (born 1695 )
: ''See also .''
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