Anniversarial — 2023
1723
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2023:
Births
- Avisse, Jean (born 1723–died after 1796), French furniture maker, craftsman
- Baden-Durlach, Caroline Louise, margravine of Baden-Durlach [née von Hessen-Darmstadt] (born 1723–died 1783), German aristocrat
- Baillie, James (born c. 1723–died 1778), Scottish churchman, theologian
- Ballet, Jean Baptiste (born 1723), French army officer
- Bernard de la Vernette, Claude Philibert (born 1723–died 1789), French aristocrat
- Beylon, Jean François (born 1723–died 1779), Swiss tutor, courtier
- La Bibliothèque française (founded 1723), Dutch newspaper
- Blackstone, Sir William (born 1723–died 1780), English judge, politician, member of Parliament, legal author, university teacher
- Blake, John (born 1723–died 1784), English churchman
- Bonet, Frédéric Guillaume (born 1723–died 1788), Swiss politician
- Brooke, Frances [née Moore] (born 1723–died 1789), English author, playwright
- Carnes, John (born 1723–died 1802), American churchman, Congregationalist, merchant, politician
- Chambers, Sir William (born 1723–died 1796), English architect, academician
- Cochois, Barbe, marquise d’Argens (born 1723–died 1780), French dancer, aristocrat
- Coger, François Marie (born 1723–died 1780), French university principal, university administrator
- Cramer, Gabriel (born 1723–died 1793), Swiss printer, bookseller
- Damilaville, Étienne Noël (born 1723–died 1768), French lawyer, civil servant, courtier, author, encyclopædist
- Davies, Reverend Samuel (born 1723–died 1761), American churchman, missionary, university administrator
- Derschau, Friedrich Wilhelm von (born 1723–died 1779), German government minister
- Ebert, Johann Arnold (born 1723–died 1795), German author, translator
- Fabry de Moncault, Henri Jean Baptiste, comte d’Autrey (born 1723–died 1777), French aristocrat, author
- Felice, Fortunato Bartolomeo de (born 1723–died 1789), Italian university teacher, schoolteacher
- Ferguson, Adam (born 1723–died 1816), Scottish churchman, university teacher, historian, sociologist
- Fox, Caroline, Baroness Holland [née Lennox] (born 1723–died 1774), English aristocrat
- Fyot, Jean Philippe, marquis de La Marche (born 1723–died 1772), French judge, lawyer
- Galitzin, Prince Alexander Mikhailovich (born 1723–died 1807), Russian prince, diplomat
- Gambier, Vice-admiral James (born 1723–died 1789), English naval officer
- Garrick, George (born 1723–died 1779), English theatre assistant
- Geffrard de La Motte, Jean François Joseph (born 1723–died c. 1814), French army officer
- Genêt, Alexis Joseph (born 1723–died after 1790), French churchman, Catholic, university teacher, censor, civil servant
- Gibbes, William (born 1723–died 1789), American [unknown occupation]
- Goddard, Edward (born c. 1723–died 1791), English churchman, civil servant
- Granger, James (born 1723–died 1776), English churchman, collector, author, biographer
- Grasset, François (born 1723–died 1789), Swiss publisher, bookseller
- Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (born 1723–died 1807), German author, critic, diplomat
- Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry d’, baron d’Holbach (born 1723–died 1789), German aristocrat, scientist
- Hue de Miromesnil, Armand Thomas (born 1723–died 1796), French judge, politician
- Hutton, William (born 1723–died 1815), English author, historian, bookseller
- Jardin, Charles Marc Antoine (born 1723–died 1794), French civil servant
- Jenifer, Daniel of Saint Thomas (born 1723–died 1790), American landowner, politician, civil servant
- Jennings, Susannah [née Kent] (born 1723–died 1791), English home-maker
- La Tour Du Pin, Philippe Antoine Gabriel Victor Charles de, marquis de La Charce (born c. 1723–died 1794), French aristocrat, army officer, regional governor
- Laverdy, Clément Charles François de (born 1723–died 1793), French government minister
- Lerber, Sigmund Ludwig (born 1723–died 1783), Swiss lawyer, university teacher
- Léris de Latude, Claire Josèphe Hippolyte [née Léris] (born 1723–died 1803), French actor
- Le Roy, Charles Georges (born 1723–died 1789), French court official, courtier, civil servant
- L’Huillier d’Orville de Marigny, Marie François (born c. 1723–died c. 1764), French judge, lawyer
- Lindsey, Reverend Theophilus (born 1723–died 1808), English churchman, theologian
- Livingston, William (born 1723–died 1790), American politician, state governor, satirist, author
- Magellan, Jean Hyacinthe de (born 1723–died 1790), Portuguese scientist, academician
- Marmontel, Jean François (born 1723–died 1799), French author, playwright, critic
- Martin, Étienne (born 1723–died 1765), Swiss cutler, tradesman
- Muzell-Stosch, Wilhelm [the younger] (born 1723–died 1782), German mercenary, army officer, benefactor, traveller
- Osborne, Mary Godolphin, duchess of Leeds [née Godolphin] (born 1723–died 1764), English aristocrat
- Pagin, Jean Pierre (born 1723–died 1799), French violinist, musician, composer
- Pemberton, James (born 1723–died 1809), American [unknown occupation]
- Ponte, Joseph Louis de, comte d’Albaret (born c. 1723), French musician
- Porquet, Pierre Charles François (born 1723–died 1796), French churchman, Catholic, courtier
- Price, Doctor Richard (born 1723–died 1791), Welsh philosopher, radical, academician
- Randall, Thomas (born c. 1723–died 1797), American [unknown occupation]
- Reed, James (born 1723–died 1807), American [unknown occupation]
- Reed, John Watson (born 1723–died 1787), English lawyer, academic, antiquarian
- Reynolds, Sir Joshua (born 1723–died 1792), English painter, artist, art critic
- Robinson, Beverley (born 1723–died 1792), American landowner, politician, civil servant
- Roguin, Madeleine Elisabeth [née Bouquet] (born 1723–died 1806), Swiss home-maker
- Ruhnken, David (born 1723–died 1798), German classicist, scholar
- Rutherfurd, Walter (born 1723–died 1804), American [unknown occupation]
- Scott, Sarah [née Robinson] (born 1723–died 1795), English author, novelist
- Smith, Adam (born 1723–died 1790), Scottish philosopher, political economist, university teacher, academician
- Stephens, Sir Philip, 1st Baronet Stephens (born 1723–died 1809), English government official, politician, landowner, money lender
- Stewart of Allanbank, John (born c. 1723–died 1781), Scottish wine-merchant, merchant, politician, member of Parliament, pamphleteer
- Thomassin, Bernard Joseph de, baron de Juilly (born 1723–died 1798), French cavalry officer, army officer
- Turretini, Gédéon (born 1723–died 1782), Swiss politician, university teacher
- Vautravers, Jean Rodolphe de (born 1723–died c. 1815), Swiss academician, diplomat, art-dealer
- Villion, Francis (born 1723–died 1808), Italian merchant, scholar, academic
- Witherspoon, John (born 1723–died 1794), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian, university administrator, politician
Deaths
- Basnage, Jacques (born 1653–died 1723), French churchman, Huguenot, theologian
- Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper (born c. 1665–died 1723), English politician, member of Parliament, aristocrat
- Cuthbert, John (born 1716–died 1723), Scottish lawyer
- Dubois, Cardinal Guillaume (born 1656–died 1723), French churchman, diplomat, academician
- Falkener, Lyon (born 1671–died 1723), English lawyer
- Gillmore, Joseph (born 1666–died 1723), English mathematician, naval engineer
- Homrigh, Esther van (born 1688–died 1723), Irish mistress
- Joüamier, Étienne (died 1723), French Huguenot
- King, Reverend Richard (born c. 1671–died after 1723), English churchman
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey (born 1646–died 1723), German painter, portraitist
- La Bonde, Charles François de, marquis d’Iberville (born 1653–died 1723), French diplomat
- Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (born 1632–died 1723), Dutch merchant, biologist, microscopist, academician
- Lefèvre de La Faluère, Nicolas Anne (died 1723), French lawyer
- Liddell, Sir Henry, 3rd baronet (born c. 1644–died 1723), English gentleman
- Mather, Reverend Increase (born 1639–died 1723), American churchman
- Medici, Cosimo III de’, grand duke of Tuscany (born 1642–died 1723), Italian monarch
- Northey, Sir Edward (born 1652–died 1723), English lawyer, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Philippe II, duc d’Orléans (born 1674–died 1723), French aristocrat, regent
- Phipps, Sir Constantine (born 1656–died 1723), English lawyer, judge, politician
- Popple, Mary [née Alured] (died 1723), English home-maker
- Saint Quintin, Sir William, 3rd baronet (born 1662–died 1723), English politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Smith, John (born 1655/1656–died 1723), English politician, civil servant
- Steele, Eugene (born 1712–died 1723), English [unknown occupation]
- Swinton, Sir John (died 1723), Scottish politician, member of Parliament
- Trionfetti, Lelio (born 1647–died 1723), Italian churchman, university teacher, philosopher, botanist
- Valsalva, Antonio Maria (born 1666–died 1723), Italian anatomist
- Wren, Sir Christopher (born 1632–died 1723), English astronomer, scientist, architect, academician
