Ivan Shuvalov

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment, the first Russian Minister of Education and Active Privy Councillor (1773). Russia's first theatre, university, and academy of arts were instituted with his active participation. A favorite of Elizaveta Petrovna of Russia; friend of the scientist M.V. Lomonosov.

1 November 1727

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Al Arbour • Amani Abeid Karume • Bilgin Defterli • Gustav IV Adolf • Harald Quandt • Jeremy Hunt • Louis Dewis • Marcel Ophuls • Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

Born in the same month (November 1727): Artemas Ward • Philibert Commerson