Anniversarial — 2024
1724
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2024:
Births
- Anstey, Christopher (born 1724–died 1805), English author, poet
- Ashburnham, Sir John, 2nd earl of Ashburnham (born 1724–died 1812), English aristocrat, courtier
- Ashby, George (born 1724–died 1808), English university administrator, antiquarian
- Bachelier, Jean Jacques (born 1724–died 1806), French painter
- Basedow, Johann Bernhard (born 1724–died 1790), German author, teacher, educational reformer
- Bassompierre, Jean François (born 1724–died 1798), Belgian printer, publisher
- Bastide, Jean François de, chevalier de La Bastide (born 1724–died 1798), French author, journalist
- Bérard, André César (born 1724–died 1786), Swiss banker, politician
- Bezencenet, Abraham Henri (born 1724–died 1798), Swiss court official, courtier, civil servant, lawyer
- Bielke, Greve Nils Adam (born 1724–died 1792), Swedish aristocrat, mineralogist, regional governor
- Blanchet, Jean (born 1724–died 1778), French literary critic
- Boufflers-Rouverel, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, comtesse de Boufflers-Rouverel [née de Campet de Saujon] (born 1724–died 1800), French aristocrat, salon hostess
- Brockett, Lawrence (born 1724–died 1768), English scholar, academic
- Buchanan, James (born 1724–died 1786), Scottish gentleman
- Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester (born 1724–died 1808), Irish army officer, colonial governor
- Clavel de Brenles, Étiennette [née Chavannes] (born 1724–died 1780), French salon hostess
- Cumming, William (born 1724–died c. 1797), American lawyer, politician
- Darwin of Elston, Robert Waring [senior] (born 1724–died 1816), English lawyer, scientist, botanist
- Davidson, John (born c. 1724–died 1797), Scottish lawyer, antiquarian
- Didelot, Claude Louis Melchior (born 1724–died 1785), French army officer
- Dodsley, James (born 1724–died 1797), English publisher, bookseller
- Dun, Reverend John (born 1724–died 1792), Scottish churchman, tutor
- Fairfax, George William (born 1724–died 1787), English civil servant, politician
- Fordyce, Sir William (born 1724–died 1792), Scottish physician, academician
- Fourneau, Henri Joseph Philippe Ghislain de, comte de Cruyckenbourg (born before 1724), Belgian aristocrat, courtier
- Gadsden, Christopher (born 1724–died 1805), American merchant, revolutionary, politician
- Garrick, Eva Maria [née Veigel] (born 1724–died 1822), Austrian dancer
- Gregory, John (born 1724–died 1773), Scottish university teacher, physician, medical author, academician
- Griffith, Hugh (born 1724–died 1795), Welsh [unknown occupation]
- Hall, Lyman (born 1724–died 1790), American [unknown occupation]
- Hutchinson, John Hely (born 1724–died 1794), Irish politician, member of Parliament
- Jameson, Reverend Richard (born 1724–died 1796), Scottish churchman
- Kant, Immanuel (born 1724–died 1804), German philosopher, author
- Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (born 1724–died 1803), German author, poet
- Laborde, Jean Joseph de (born 1724–died 1794), French financier
- Lacombe, Jacques (born 1724–died 1801), French bookseller, author
- La Coste, Jean Henri Jacob (born 1724–died 1782), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- La Live, Denis Joseph, marquis d’Épinay (born 1724–died 1782), French financier, spendthrift
- La Montagne, Étienne de (born 1724–died 1769), French physician, author
- Lasher, John (born 1724–died 1806), American [unknown occupation]
- Laurens, Henry (born 1724–died 1792), American merchant, plantation-owner, politician, president
- Le Cordier, Julien Louis (born 1724–died 1789), French postmaster
- Le Mire, Noël (born 1724–died 1800), French engraver
- Le Roux Deshauterayes, Michel Ange André (born 1724–died 1795), French Orientalist
- Le Roy, Julien David (born c. 1724–died 1803), French architect, archaeologist, scholar, academician, author
- Le Sage, Georges Louis, fils (born 1724–died 1803), Swiss scientist, mathematician
- Liomin, Georges Louis (born 1724–died 1784), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- Lyttelton, William Henry (born 1724–died 1808), English civil servant, colonial governor
- Mainwaring, John (born 1724–died 1807), English churchman, university teacher, university administrator, theologian
- Maria Antonia Symphorosa, electress of Saxony (born 1724–died 1780), German aristocrat, princess
- Mason, William (born 1724–died 1797), English author, poet, garden designer
- Maucherat de Longpres, Jacques (born 1724–died 1777), French civil servant
- Le Mercure de France (founded 1724), French newspaper
- Meynadier, Jacob (born 1724–died 1825), Swiss politician, merchant
- Morel, Françoise (born 1724–died 1782), Swiss home-maker
- Nanthia, Mme — [née d’Aydie] (born 1724), French home-maker
- Nesselrode-Ereshofen, Maximilian Julius Wilhelm Franz von, graf von Nesselrode-Ereshofen (born 1724–died 1810), German aristocrat, army officer, courtier, diplomat
- Niel, Balthazard-Jean (born 1724–died c. 1789), French printer, bookseller
- Pitt, Lucy (born before 1724), English home-maker
- Pury, Abraham de (born 1724–died 1807), Swiss militia officer, historian
- Rennel, Anne Catherine de, marquise de Trestondam (born 1724), French aristocrat
- Rivington, James (born 1724–died 1802), English bookseller, publisher
- Rolt, Richard (born 1724–died 1770), English author, historian, journalist
- Roubaud, père Joseph Antoine (born 1724–died after 1781), French churchman, Jesuit, missionary
- Rousseau, Jean (born 1724–died 1795), Swiss merchant
- Runckel, Dorothee Henriette von (born 1724–died 1800), German literary editor, author
- Saunders, John [junior] (born c. 1724–died 1797), American politician
- Sherman, Nathaniel (born 1724–died 1797), American churchman, Congregationalist, speculator
- Spaen, Elisabeth Agnès Jacoba von, baroness von Spaen [née de Nassau La Lecq] (born 1724–died 1798), Dutch aristocrat
- Starhemberg, Johann Georg Adam von, graf von Starhemberg (born 1724–died 1807), Austrian aristocrat, courtier, diplomat, civil servant
- Stephen, Major-general Adam (born c. 1724–died 1791), American colonist, plantation-owner, speculator, army officer
- Thornton, Bonnell (born 1724–died 1768), English author, literary critic, connoisseur
- Townshend, George, 1st Marquess Townshend (born 1724–died 1807), English aristocrat, politician
- Unwin, Mary [née Cawthorne] (born 1724–died 1796), English home-maker
- Van Berchem, Jean Théodore (born 1724–died 1799), French merchant
- Vannucchi, Antonio Maria (born 1724–died 1792), Italian author, legal author, university teacher, poet
- Véri, père Joseph Alphonse de, abbé de Véri (born 1724–died 1799), French churchman, diarist, author
- Warton, Jane (born 1724–died 1809), English home-maker
- Wurmser, Dagobert Sigismond von, graf von Wurmser (born 1724–died 1797), Austrian army officer, soldier
Deaths
- Boulton, Richard (born 1674–died after 1724), English physician, medical author
- Choisy, François Timoléon de (born 1644–died 1724), French author, historian, transvestite
- Crawfurd, Thomas (died 1724), Scottish diplomat
- Evans, Reverend John, bishop of Meath (born c. 1652–died 1724), Welsh churchman, merchant, philanthropist, East India Company official
- Fellows, Sir John (born c. 1671–died 1724), English merchant
- Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford (born 1661–died 1724), English civil servant, patron, politician, member of Parliament
- Higgin, Reverend Paul (born c. 1628–died 1724), Irish churchman, university teacher
- La Rivière Manley, Mary De [née Manley] (born c. 1670–died 1724), English author, novelist
- Lindsay, Thomas, archbishop of Armagh (born 1656–died 1724), English churchman
- Master, Sir Streynsham (born 1640–died 1724), English East India Company official, civil servant
- Pound, Reverend James (born 1669–died 1724), English churchman, physician, East India Company official, astronomer, academician
- Prideaux, Humphrey (born 1648–died 1724), English churchman, Orientalist
- Sacheverell, Reverend Doctor Henry (born 1674–died 1724), English churchman, religious controversialist