David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse was an American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint.

8 April 1732

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Ahmet Piriştina • Albert Bustamante • Bernt Haas • Carlos Santana (baseball) • Catfish Hunter • Charlotte Dawson • Chris Kyle • Dalton Grant • Dimitrios Levidis • Edmund Husserl • Emil Cioran • Francesco Flachi • Khaled Badra • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Mary Pickford • Philip IV of Spain • Renzo De Felice • Roman Dragoun • Tilly Armstrong • William Joseph Chaminade • Winifred Asprey

Born in the same month (April 1732): Frederick North, Lord North • Jean-Honoré Fragonard • John Johnson (architect, born 1732)