Axel von Fersen the Elder

Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates, and although he worked closely with King Gustav III before and through the Revolution of 1772, he later opposed the king.

5 April 1719

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Alex Cuthbert • Andrius Velička • Arne Hoel • Colin Powell • Donald Lynden-Bell • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Haruma Miura • Henry Havelock • István Örkény • Jane Asher • Jean-Louis Tauran • John Willem Gran • Jonathan Erlich • Miho Hatori • Ove Bengtson • Peter Case • Sybil Ludington • Takayoshi Yamano • Thomas Hobbes • Tom Riley (actor) • Yevgeniy Gavrilenko

Born in the same month (April 1719): Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim